Some Hip Hop Facts You Might Not Know

I'm sorry I didn't post this up last week Saturday;  the holidays had me partying too hard. lol! So, here we go again. Below are some Hip Hop facts you might not know.







7.  Eve won a Grammy award in 2002 for her "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" single, which featured Gwen Stefani.














6.  In 2003, Queen Latifah had a breast reduction surgery which downsized her F size breast to DD cup size.





5.  Snoop and the late Nate Dogg were blood cousins.




4.  Eminem won Grammy awards for his first three major label album releases. The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Marthers LP, and The Eminem Show. This is funny cos, on The Real Slim Shady track (A songs off his Marshall Mathers LP album), he rapped-

"Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell his records;
well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me"

3.  Where the word Rap came from-  RAP WAS A WORD ORIGINALLY MEANING TO TALK TO A GIRL OR TO SPEAK OUT  TO SOMEONE OR TO PEOPLE, IT WAS EVENTUALLY USED ON THE RECORD "RAPPERS DELIGHT" BY SUGAR HILL GANG AND BECAME THE TITLE FOR HIP HOP RECORDING  ARTISTS.

2. Rap legend, Easy E (Eric Wright) died on the 26th of March 1995, after only two months of knowing he had AIDS.

1.  In 2006, Fabolous was shot in the right leg while exiting P.Diddy's Justin's club after a fight had broke out. He didn't know he was hit till he got to his car