Some Hip Hop Facts You Might Not Know

I put this up on Fridays to furnish my readers with hip hop facts they might not know. It's always quiet an interesting read.

5.  Lil Wayne signed to Cash Money Records in 1995, when he was just 12 years old.






4.  DMX is the first artist to have both his debut and sophomore album debut at number 1 in the same year. Both albums were released in 1998, 7 months apart- It's Dark And Hell Is Hot sold 251,000 copies first week, and Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood sold 670,000 copies first week.







3.  Nas ghostwrote 4 songs on Will Smith's Big Willie Style (1997) album, including the hit song, Miami.












2.  Master P was the first rapper to make $100 million, and the first to own all his masters.





1.  Da Brat is the first female rapper to sell platinum (over a million copies) with an album; that was with Funkdafied, back in 1994.