Some Hip Hop Facts You Might Not Know

Here we go again; check out some Hip Hop facts you might not know.







7.  Jay-Z's debut album (Reasonable Doubt), although critically acclaimed, sold only 35,000 copies first week when it was released in June of 1996.











6.  Although he started off his rap career proclaiming himself an old time Blood gang member, The Game didn't get with the Blood Gang till his debut album, Documentary dropped in 2005. The Blood gang thing was a marketing strategy to make him look like a certified G. His brother was Cedar Block Piru (Blood), so that helped certify him. He has been down with the bloods ever since.




5.  When Soulja Boy blew up in the late 2000s, he used to always walk around with a million dollars cash in his pockets.






4.  Although shot at 9 times, only 3 bullets hit 50 Cent in his near-death incidence of 2000. One bullet hit his arm, another hit his leg, and the last hit him in the mouth.








3.  Kendrick Lamar used to be Jay Rock's hype man.


2.  Game took Kendrick Lamar on his first nationwide tour in the late 2000s, when he was still going by the name KDot.





1.  Tupac was born in New York, and didn't move to California (West Side America) until his teens.









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