5. Kanye West has won 112 music awards in total, including 21 Grammys.
4. 50 Cent, Jay Z, and Eminem are all left-handed.
3. In 1993, a 20 year old JD started his own label, So So Def. 2 years before that, he had discovered Kris Kross (a young rap duo) at a local mall in Atlanta. He signed them to his label, and their debut album, Totalled Krossed Out (1992) sold over 4 million copies (they were both 13 years old at the time). JD also signed female R&B group, Xscape, and they also went platinum with their debut album, Hummin' Comin' at Cha.' In 1993, JD signed his biggest act of the 90s, female rapper, Da Brat, and her debut album, Funkadafied (1994) sold over a million copies, making Da Brat the first solo female rapper to go plat in Hip Hop history.
2. Nicki Minaj is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the New York City borough of Queens when she was 5 years old.
1. Although Illmatic was released in 1994, Nas wrote and recorded most of the songs that appear on the album between 1991-1992, when he was 17 to 18 years old.
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