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Nate Dogg’s vocals on “Regulate” were recorded in a closet due to lack of furniture in Warren G’s apartment
Warren G sampled a VCR for the beginning of the 1994 hit...
September 24, 2019
MC Lyte was the first female rapper to receive a Gold single
MC Lyte was the first female rapper to receive a gold single...
September 24, 2019
Eazy-E signed a pre-Fergie Black Eyed Peas to Ruthless Records
Eazy-E signed a pre-Fergie Black Eyed Peas to his record label, Ruthless...
September 24, 2019
Scott Storch was a founding member of The Roots
Scott Storch who produced a seemingly endless list of smash hits, including...
September 12, 2019
MC Hammer’s ‘Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em” was the first Hip-Hop album to go Diamond
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em (Released February 12, 1990), the third studio...
September 12, 2019
Da Brat was the first solo female rapper to go platinum with her debut album “Funkdafied”
Shawntae Harris, aka Da Brat released her debut album Funkdafied on June...
September 10, 2019
Lil Jon was a producer on Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo” but couldn’t be credited as a producer because he was an A&R director for So So Def
Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def’s 90s group Ghost Town DJ’s (Virgo, DJ...
September 10, 2019
Ice-T’s album “Rhyme Pays” was the first rap album to carry a Parental Advisory label
In the summer of 1990, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),...
September 9, 2019
Cee Lo Green sang backup vocals on TLC’s “Waterfalls”
“Waterfalls” was the biggest hit from TLC, spent seven weeks at No....
September 9, 2019