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“Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang was the first rap song to enter Billboard’s Top 40 Chart
“Rapper’s Delight” was released via Sugar Hill Records on September 16, 1979....
September 16, 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
The Fearless Four were the first rap group to sign with a major label
The Fearless Four (also known as The Fearless 4 or Fearless Four)...
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
Kurtis Blow was the first rapper signed to a major label
During the late 70s, Kurtis Walker aka Kurtis Blow became the first...
September 10, 2019
Pharrell gave Pusha T 15 minutes to get to the studio to record over the “Grindin’” beat or it was going to Jay-Z
In a 2012 interview with Life + Times to celebrate the then...
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