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The Sequence’s “Funk You Up” was the first Hip-Hop single by a female group
The Sequence was a female trio from South Carolina consisting of Angie...
October 2, 2019
Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ was the first Hip-Hop album to go No. 1 in the UK
Wu-Tang Clan’s summer 1997 sophomore album ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ was the first hip-hop...
October 2, 2019
2Pac was the first artist to have a No. 1 album while serving a prison sentence with “Me Against the World”
While 2Pac was incarcerated at Rikers Island for first-degree sexual abuse, on...
October 2, 2019
Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was the first hip-hop album to win Album Of The Year at the Grammys
The night of the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999, Lauryn Hill was...
October 2, 2019
DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore created the Scratch and Needle drop
DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore was the first DJ to Scratch and Needle...
October 1, 2019
2Pac was the first rapper to have two No. 1 albums in the same year
2Pac was the first rapper to have two No. 1 albums in...
October 1, 2019
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is the only group to work with 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while they were still alive
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are the only group to work with 2Pac, The Notorious...
October 1, 2019
Rappers Rapp Records was the first West Coast rap label
In 1981, Duffy Hooks III and Jerry Hooks Sr. launched the first...
October 1, 2019
Tupac was once a ballet dancer
Tupac was once a ballet dancer, he attended Baltimore School for the...
October 1, 2019