update#9 NEW Hip Hop Info

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-Big Pun hit Jay-Z over the head with a bottle at a club after he refused to get off stage. This has always been a known fact.

-A young 50 Cent appears at the end of Method Man and D'angelo’s video “make ups 2 breakups.”

-Ol Dirty Bastard and LL Cool J were supposed to work together. Then, when they were in the studio, ODB pissed on one of L's platinum plaques (he was drunk, surprise, surprise) and LL threw him out.

-Big L was murdered as revenge for something his brother did. He was shot 8 times, including in the head cps the killer had a beef with his brother, who was in jail at the time.

-Styles P wanted to fck up Eminem because of the whole ni**er fiasco & almost did it while Em was recording a track for Jada's album.

-Freddie Foxxx put a gun in Benzino's mouth on the Flavor Unit tour bus, because Benzino would not stop talking shit about what a thug he was.

-Shyne is one of the most realest dudes in rap. He sold drugs major & does have bodies under his belt, “the life” off his 1st LP is supposed to be very true minus a few exaggerations.

-Xzibit is originally from Detroit, Highland Park Michigan to be exact.

-Shyne used up all his phone time for the next 6 months just to get at 50.

-Mase burned a Wu Tang flag, and Ghost punched him. “If you could feel how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt” -Kanye

-Rza and Killah Sin and another fam member went to see 50 perform after How To Rob. 50 got wind of them being there and dipped backstage and didn't perform. This is known to be true.

-Tupac did have some of his enemies killed, Stretch of the Live Squad was one of them. Tupac fell out with Stretch after the robbing & shooting at the recording studio, he also became close to Bad Boy going to Biggies concerts. Stretch was murdered execution style in Jamaica one year to the day after the Tupac shooting.

-The reason why Shyne talks like he does is cos he got shot on the chest, and it amplified his speech. You can see the scars in the ''That's Gangsta'' video.

-In Superhead's book, she talks about how Puff got Xzibit high off shrooms, and took him to a gay club. Xzibit was sober enough to realize after a while.

-Mariah Carey is the token industry whore, rumors of everybody from 50 & Em to Puffy & Mase have passed that ass around.

-Reasonable Doubt was the only Jay-Z album realesed under Priority/Rocafella, The collective- Jay, Dame and Biggs own the rights. Jay offered dame dash Rocafella if he would just give him 100 percent rights to Reasonable Doubt, Dame refused, as a result Def Jam bought Rocafella, gave Jay presidency position, gave him the publishing to every other Jay album (besides RD) and gave him 100% of Rocafella.

-Jay-Z was told by Scarface to change Reasonable Doubt because he name dropped dealers.

-Sean Paul is not allowed within 100 feet of Beyonce or Jigga cause during the shooting for Baby Boy, Sean Paul tried to scoop Beyonce by dissin her man sayin somethin along the lines of "get wit a cute nigga like you deserve", 50 cent tried the same thing too.

-Singer Houston did not try to commit suicide by jumping from a window, it was a cover up for something much deeper. Back in 05, before a show he had an emotional breakdown (he had previously spent time at an institution). While under the influence of PCP he gouged his left eye out with a fork and now has a glass eye. Houston admitted causing harm to himself cos he couldn’t handle the pressure of the industry & the way his record label wanted to portray him. He was “too thug & needed to let go of the demons” before he could move on.

-Benzino was one of the main reasons why Boston had such a small homicide rate in the late 90's, the Feds put UC's on every block and had a lot crazy shit going on so Benzino got a lot of the heads of the bigger gangs together to unite so that not everyone got locked up. That saw the murder lessen and the Boston police taken credit for "doing away with crime in a big city".

-Grandmaster Caz wrote Rappers Delight.

-A member of Wu got jumped at Suge's club in Las Vegas and Pac didn't like the way it went down and told Suge to squash the beef and he agreed outta respect.

-Benzino forced Mays to give him part ownership of the source. There are rumours of Benzino and his people tying up Mays in his own closet.

-A young Fat Joe and his boys Tony Montana (RIP) and Charlie Rock L.D were one of the top two crack crews in the Bronx in the mid 80's and bringing in thousands of $$$$ per day.

-Q Tip got fuked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight in one of his eyes. This is why Q Tip wore a mask in the video for "Hot Sex". There was also some intervention by a neutral party to squash this beef between Wrecks N Effect and Tribe.

-When Nas came to Boston around 94/95 somebody in RSO Crew (possibly Benzino) walked up to Nas and sonned him by knocking his baseball cap off of his head. Supposedly, in retaliation Olu dara (Nas’s father) slapped Benzino’s father and said “What the fck is wrong with ur family?” Everyone was shocked but after that their sons met up and squashed the beef.

-Rakim recorded a diss cut aimed at Kane for "Let The Rhythm Hit Em" and had a verse on the title track itself aimed at him. Kane heard about this and called Rakim to squash it and Rakim went on to scrap the track and remove the verse. This is true according to an interview BDK did with XXL.

-Eric B. did security for Mike Tyson throughout much of the 90's & use to do bodyguard work for Suge.

-Eric. B beat down Large Professor and ran Kool G. Rap out of New York to Arizona after Kool G. Rap revealed Large Pro produced most of the beats Eric B was supposed to have done on the Eric B. & Rakim albums and "Wanted Dead Or Alive".

-Biz Markie produced most of EPMD's first album.

-Ghostface, Superb and their team beat down and robbed 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after 50's diss tracks like “How To Rob”.

-"The Bridge Is Over" was a Marley Marl beat that Krs One and Scott La Rock found in a studio.

-2pac was robbed and shot by some of Supreme's boys.

-"I Got A Story To Tell" was vaguely based on a real life incident Biggie had when he was slipping pipe to John Starks' woman.

-Paul C was murdered by his wife and his brother.

-LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee came to blows one night backstage.

-The thing that sounds like a flute in Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” is actually vocals by John Legend.

-Another reason the Jay & Nas beef started was cos they were at a club chillin one night & Jigga says
"im better than biggie now that he's dead." It was in Felon Magazine around the time Stillmatic dropped, Nas said that Jay told Nas not to diss Bleek and that Beans would never sell more than Gold, and that he was better than Big. Jigga never denied it.

-50 & Ja beef started cos 50's dude saw Ja in the club and robbed him for his chain, so Ja thought that 50 was the culprit behind the whole thing, like he sent his man to do it, and the rest is history.

-DJ Premier stopped workin wit Jeru The Damaja cos Jeru got pissed when Premier was fuckin his sister.

-Someone got jacked at a Soul Assasins studio session while GZA was there and everyone but GZA was forced to strip, this is known to be very true.

-Pete Rock was fuckin Nas' baby momma (who wasn’t DAMN) and Nas got wind of this and thats why they dont work together anymore.

-Ghostface & Capodona ran in to one of 50's boys (ZOO) at a block party in Staten Island, D.P from Killah’s army took Zoo’s watch because he was talking to his girl and they stomped him out. Few monnths later 50 seen Ghost at Def Jam and they exchanged words and then 50 put out that diss track, thats how that beef started.

-The real reason Jay-Z doesnt like Camron is cos Dame Dash gave Camron temp CEO position of Rocafella at one point while both Dame & Jay were away on business/vacation, Cam was talkin shit on radio stations, screamin at heads who work there like he started the business from the ground up like Jay did & Jay didnt like that.

-Krayzie Bone beat up Prodigy, also got smacked by Redman around the time “Hell On Earth” was out cos he was dissing Keith and Def Squad. Keith punched Prodigy in the mouth at some club, and Prodigy pulled out and started shootin.

-Master P tied up and pistol whipped Pimp C after UGK were running around and telling everyone how P didn't pay them for their guest appearances.

-Biz Markie was the first artist to be sued for sampling.

-Wyclef was close friends with Haitian Jack, the notorious gangster accused of snitching on Tupac about the rape case, why? "Tupac blamed Jacques Agnant AKA Haitian Jack for setting him up in the sexual assault trial. Tupac got the maximum penalty while Haitian Jack got 3 months suspended sentence. It was rumoured that Haitian Jack was a Federal informant. Pac shouts him out in Makaveli “Against All Odds" & also the reason why he had beef with The Fugees.

-Puff was a back up dancer for Kane & Heavy D sometimes.

-Russell and Puffy had a fall-out due to an argument that Puff & Kimora (Russell's wife at the time) had at a club, it got real ugly.

-Treach from Naughty By Nature has done porn movies and is Pepa’s (from Salt N Pepa) baby daddy.

-Master P was talking smack about the East Coast or something, and either Meth or Raekwon smashed him in the face. He also got slapped in the face by Treach cos P dissed his girl in a song. “im the microphone checka / i hate Salt but i love Peppa” – Master P.

-Reason why Curtis Jackson took 50 Cent’s name was because the real 50 Cent had major beef with Supremes team & had em shook during his prime.

-Redman got his start from being a local rapper on Yo! MTV Raps.

-R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but had to get an annulment when her parents found out.

-Joe Budden was spent time in a mental institution when he was 15-16 for depression and also put on anti-depressants, was addicted to angel dust, was stabbed by his baby’s mother (this known to be true), locked up numerous times. Dude named Joshua tried to kill him twice, pulled the gun twice, gun jamed twice, Joe was in his hummer and they beat Joshua down then took him to the precinct.

-Joe Budden owns numerous cars, including a Hummer, and Ferrari, but chooses to drive his 93 Toyota corolla wit factory rims (back in 05). Joe is not broke as many ppl think, he doesnt make any money off of album sales, but he is probably the smartest rapper around right now, he owns his publishing, which means millions of "Pump It Up" dollars.

-Memphis Bleek is not fake as everybody thinks, he actually sold drugs and was pushin weight when he met Jay, before the rap shit started poppin off Jay made him stop because he was only 15. Bleek’s boy got gunned down over a dice game and Bleek adopted his daughter.

-In Bedstuy and Bushwick, Big and Jay had some famous battles in the street, and in their high school, Biggie always said Jay won because Jay rapped too fast. Jay also battled Busta in their high school, Lil Kim also attended that school.

-Before reasonable doubt, Jay-Z and Jaz-O ran into LL cool J at a club, LL recognized Jaz and they spoke, Jay approached and asked to battle, LL didnt back down, Jay won the friendly battle, thats why LL to this day never takes offense when Jay calls himself the best rapper alive, or best rapper dead or alive, when LL claims goat.

-Nas is not really welcomed back in Queensbridge.

-Supposedly Nas witnessed his brother (ILL WILL) get gunned down and didnt do shit. Nas also, never sold drugs, used to get robbed, and picked on, the real reason he dropped outta high school. Nas also got robbed at one of his video shoots, and had to buy back his chain.

-2pac had relationships with a few celebrities on the low, Jada Pinkett and Quincy Jones' daughter to name some.

-Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.

-Three 6 Mafia used to be called Triple Six Mafia and made songs about worshipping the devil, but were forced to change their name when they signed to Reletivity.

-Biggie was not the playa he claimed to be, he never started gettin women until he got money, his baby momma looks like a man.

-"Song Cry" was a real song about Jay-Z's long time girlfriend

-Trick Daddy was jumped and got his chain snatched at a show in Detroit for dissing Trick Trick a local Detroit rapper cause he thought he stole his name.

-Fat Joe and Cuban's beef started from rumors that Cuban was boning Fat Joes wife. Cuban denies it, after PUN dies Cuba and Joe have no one really keeping them together, and the rumors continue. Joey and Cuba shoot a fair one in a park in the BX. No one knows who won, but Cuba says he won and in retaliation Joey gets his goons to give him a buck fifty. Cuba says Joe was hating on the fact that he is a pretty ni**a and was cast to star in Scarface 2 as Tony Montana's son. He says that Joe said "Now you really scarface."

-Cappadonna was going to be in the Wu Tang Clan, but he was in jail when 36 Chambers came out.

-Ghostface has been shot 3 times but never brags about it like others in the rap industry.

-Vanilla Ice was beat up by Suge and hung out his balcony and forced to drink piss, all because Suge wanted the royalties to Ice Ice Baby.

-Fabolous fcked up Ali Vegas up on a one on one, same with Stack Bundles (RIP) did Vic Damone.

-Big Pun was over 600 pounds when he died.

-Rakim & Dr. Dre were set to release an album together, but it never happened due to "creative differences", and was dropped by Aftermath.

-Cage accused Eminem of biting his flow/style on his track 'Agent Orange', which was released around 1996 (even though the album with it on it was released in 2002), which explains the disses on 'Escape To 88'.

-Cage (bi polar), Scarface (depression) & Kool Keith (depression) have all spent time in mental institutes.

-The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) was the first rapper to receive a Grammy.

-The Beastie Boys were the first rap act to reach #1 on the Billboard charts.

-ODB was charged with attempted murder when he shot at NYPD.

-Jermaine Dupri was going to sign Ludacris to So So Def around the time Incognegro dropped, but Lil' Jon (who was working for So So Def at the time) advised J.D. not to, so he went to Def Jam.

-The only guest appearances the Beastie Boys ever had on any of their albums were from Q-Tip and Biz Markie.

-Ty Ty (Jay’s right hand, mentions him in Empire State Of Mind) holds mad weight and Bleek is well connected.

-Jay went back to Marcy after “Hard Knock Life”, with no security, went to see his moms, who did not want to move out of the hood. He ran into a former friend and his friend asked him to come to his home studio to record a track, Jay did, recorded a verse, the dude asked Jay if he need him to walk him to the car (so Jay wont get robbed or sumthin) Jay said nah im good, long story short, Jay walked to his Bently, in the middle of Brooklyn, no problem, thats the kind of love Jay gets in his hood. "ni**as said Jigga cant go back home/ u know when i heard that, when i was back home!!!" –Jay

-The Canbius & LL Cool J beef started when recording 4,3,2,1 and Canibus said something like ''Lemme borrow the mic'' (from LL's arm), and LL didn't like that so Canibus had to re-write his verse. LL then dissed Canibus on the same track.

-Joe Budden was born in Queens NY, moved to Harlem, lived there til about 15 then moved to Jersey when his father was sent to federal prison for conspiracy.

-Jay-Z was supposed to be on the third verse of Ashanti’s “Foolish”, Irv instead made Ashanti write another verse in order to "develop his artist."

-Jay was going to sign 50 Cent to Rocafella but declined after speaking to his good friend Irv Gotti, then Gotti turned around and tried to sign Nas. Jay said to Nas if he was on Murder Inc he goes from being the boss of ill will to another Ashanti. Nas then refused to sign.

-Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek were recording an album together called "From My Hood To Your Hood" when Bleeks brother Dre was in a near fatal accident, Bleek disappeared from rap for a while getting his brother the best medical treatment in the country and keeping his mother away from it so she wont be hurt by her sons pain, sending her on vacations from miami to san tropez.

-Fabolous is Dominican.

-Jay spit this line in a track subliminally talking about Pac’s murder. "while u at home screaming the fights on, i'm in the fifteen hundred dollar seats watching Tyson, SAME NIGHT SAME FIGHT, but one of us cats aint playin right, i'll let you tell it."

-Tony Yayo was not thoro in jail, he stayed in solitary the entire time outta fear.

-Biggie apparently wanted to mimic the production line up on Illmatic when doing Ready To Die, Puff shot down the idea.

-The first #1 album of the year 2000 (new millenium) was Jay-Z's Vol. 3

-The intro to Illmatic was produced by Irv Gotti.

-DO Cannon (rapper and Murder Inc signee) was killed as a warning to Ja Rule.

-50 only caught 3 of the 9 shots that were fired, Times News Paper and his former right hand Bangem Smurf said so.

-Mary J. Blige was an industry whore who got ran up by more dudes than Jenna Jameson.

-Rockwilder ain't had a hit in years cos his ghost producer died and he used up the archives.

-Q-Tip produced a few songs on Mobb’s the infamous album under the name 'The Abstract' Ghostface produced a little of it too, Nas also ghost produced which explains why the infamous was arguably their best album.

-Kid Rock use to break dance, he taught classes WAY before he was famous.

-Eminem grew up in Warren, not Detroit, he lived North of 8 mile.

-Royce 5'9" is from Oak Park.

-Progidy used to write some of Havoc's rhymes, on early mixtapes around the time “The Infamous” dropped, you can hear Havoc spitting rhymes which would later be used by Prodigy on later albums.

-In The Neptunes production, Pharrell may program the drums and hum the melodies, but Chad actually does everything that requires musical talent.

-Threat supposedly whooped Cube's ass at a traffic light back in the mid 90's. Jacked him for his chain and everything.

-RZA owns the rights to the Wu-Tang name.

-Michael Jackson owned the copyrights to the happy birthday song (happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you etc) 100% true, if you heard it on tv, he got paid.

-Redman used to DJ before he started rhyming

-Kool G Rap is from Corona Queens.

-Prodigy is from Hempstead Long Island, not Queensbridge.

-Tragedy Khadafi used to call himself "Intelligent hoodlum" and used to spit very pro-black "conscious" shit back in the 90's.

-Nore and Khadafi had beef over money from the first CNN album. Nore started saying Khadafi bit his style, Tragedy said he wrote almost all of Nore's raps and Nore got his style from him. Listen to the old CNN album and decide if Nore still rhymes like he does when he was fckin with Trag.

-Snoop Dog's name. A "snoop" is a word crips call bloods but yet Snoop is a crip. Also, bloods call each other Dog's. Supposedly when Snoop joined Deathrow he was a blood, but they forced him to rep crip cuz back in the day, Long Beach was all mostly a crip hood.

-Big Lurch is serving a life sentence for murdering Tynisha Ysais. She was found with her chest torn open and a three-inch blade was found broken off in her shoulder blade. Tooth marks were found on her face and on her lungs, which had been torn from her chest. Eyewitnesses reported that when Singleton was picked up by police, he was naked, covered in blood, standing in the middle of the street and staring at the sky. A medical examination performed shortly after his capture found human flesh in his stomach which was not his own. Her boyfriend Thomas Moore testified that he and Singleton spent the evening prior to the murder smoking PCP.

-Redman said in XXL he got his name cos someone threw a snowball at him when he was a kid and he turned total red.

-Lil' Flip got shot once in Houston in a drive-by shooting.

-Ludacris was born in Chicago, not Atlanta.

-Prodigy Of Mobb Deep got robbed in Queens during the video-shoot of “Keep It Thoro.”

-Krayzie Bone shot Wish bone with a shotgun. His finger slipped, and they both denied that Krayzie shot him when Police arrived. He talks about it in his song "That's The Way." They were getting ready to rob someone and he shot him with a 12-gauge in the leg accidently.

-Saigon said he idolized Mobb Deep when he was younger, but when he met them and their crew they turned out to be pussy. He said they were the exact opposite of their music.

-Biggie had to change his name from "biggie smalls" because there's an artist who has that name already, some white dude who makes contemporary music.

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-According to Roc Marciano (of The U.N), Nas was supposed to be on the track "Young G's", but when they were all there in the studio, Nas heard B.I.G spit some lines he wrote and said (qoute) "I’m out of here man! I ain’t rappin on that shit! I ain’t gonna catch a beatdown like that!". Jay-Z was called to replace Nas.

-2pac's real name was Lesane Paris Crooks.

-Mobb Deep met cause Havoc was gonna rob Prodigy, or the other way around.

-Nas did that track "pledge" with Murder Inc. because he had an arrangement with Kenneth "Supreme" Mcgruff (this the same dude who had a hand in trying to murder 50 & murdering JMJ) it had nothing to do with Ja or Irv, Nas never had intentions on signing with Murder Inc.

-In the May 2001 issue of XXL (the one with Beanie Sigel on the cover) Suge Knight says Snoop Dogg's original stage name was Soopy Snooper Dooper.

-Daz Dillinger's stage name was Dazzie The Dazzler.

-Suge Knight says he "made" Snoop grow a afro and wear braids.

-It was rumored when Beyonce was 18 she was pregnant with her boyfriend at the time but Matthew Knowles made her get an abortion. If you look at her when she first came out around the time "Writings On The Wall" mid '99 came out and now you might notice it.

- Tupac's “Hit Em Up” was released the last week of August, Lil Kim, Biggie and Junior M.A.F.I.A. as a group all recorded separate disses the next week but Pac died the week after so they never released their disses.

-Eazy E had a restraining order on Suge Knight. Suge came to Ruthless Records offices with his mob and baseball bats to get Dre's publishing when they started Death Row.

-The bloods and crips (as recording artists) have discredited DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eazy R, MC Ren, Daz, Kurupt, Dre and W.C. saying none of them led the lives they rap about.

-On Dre's behind the music he says the DAY AFTER he left Deathrow, Suge showed up at his doorstep with his mob demanding all the recording masters. Dre says he turned over ALL the masters because he finished w/ that part of his life and he feared NOTHING but God.

-Jay-Z shot his brother in the shoulder, dude was high on crack or coke he kept tellin Jay "shoot me shoot me." He goes into detail on "You Must Love Me" Feat. Kelly Price, In My Lifetime Vol.1

-Proof used to run with Goon Squad (with Trick Trick), they've fcked up quite a bunch of people.

-Suge showed up on the set of "The wash" during filming w/ everyone suddenly turned bitch and filming was called to an end for the day. Eminem got outrageous and wanted to go "talk" to Suge but had to be "refrained" by Bizarre and his security from doing such.

-Ice T did a stint in the army before moving to LA and starting rapping.

-On the DJ Express Pac Underground CD on a track called "Pac's Life", Tupac talks for 10 minutes about the whole Biggie/East Coast beef and answers all questions. Pac says some ni**as from the rollin 60's wanted to talk to Biggie and Treach. Pac "talked them out of" wanting to see Treach but they still wanted to see Biggie.

-It was rumored every time Puff and Biggie came to L.A. they "hired" the rollin 60's as security but never paid them what they promised.

-On Biggie's behind the music Violetta Wallace says Big saw Pac at a concert soon after was released from prison and asked "what's wrong with you why you saying these things about me? I thought we were cool". Pac responded "just play along this it's just to sell some records."

-On an episode of "Teen summit" which featured Afeni shakur shortly after the "Dear Momma" single was released Afeni said "I never smoked crack" and "I dont know where Tupac got that from."

-The contract Suge and Pac signed which got him on Deathrow was signed on a piece of toilet paper.

-Tupac married his lifelong friend Keisha Morris on his birthday while in prison, he said it was for conjugal visits only they divorced shortly before he was released.

-It was rumored the only reason 2pac was involved with Kidada Jones was so he could get his hands on some of Quincy Jones material.

-Pac said in a newspaper interview "I dont know how Quincy Jones could stick his dick in white bitches" he seen Quincy at a restaurant with his daughters and apologized, that's how he met Kidada.

-RZA was charged of attempted murder and represented himself without a lawyer back in 91.

-Cappadonna taught U-God how to rhyme, who used to be Cappa's beat box DJ.

-U-God was kicked off alot of tracks Wu tracks cos RZA thought his lyrics just wasnt cuttin it.

-On Bobby Digital's Digital Bullet, RZA is incorrectly credited as the producer for track #4 "It Must Be Bobby". That track was produced by Mathematics.

-RZA and the crew took the “protect ya neck” video and brought it to Ralph Mcdaniels of video music box fame and asked him to play it, and he did, the rest is history.

-Hellz Windstaff was the only track title used twice on “liquid swords” & “forever.”

-Cocaine inspired many lyrics on the 36 chambers album.

-"Gangsta Ride" off Snoop Dogg's Top Dogg album was supposed to have a verse dissing Death Row, but Master P forced him to cut it.

-Suge met 50 Cent, G-Unit and Game at the video shooting of "In Da Club". Suge was there for a couple of minutes then he dipped.

-Scott Storch is really Jewish, but people respect him cause he knows how to make ill beats. He personally likes producing for Fat Joe, he wanted to give Joe the “Candy Shop” beat, but the rest of the Terror Squad said it sounded like Lean Back too much, so he gave it to 50, who was harassing Storch for it, for awhile.

-R. Kelly was blackmailed for a very long time before that infamous sex tape came out.

-Marques Houston and Beyonce dated, apparently he was her first.

-Radio 1 has a habit of blacklisting artists that miss or don't show up to their Summer Jam or whatever concerts.

-Q-Tip (from A Tribe Called Quest), Posdonous (from De La Soul) & JuJu (from The Beatnuts) formed a group in 1992 called "The Fabulous Fleas". They recorded several tracks, but none of which have ever been released. Around the same time, Q-Tip was also part of a group called "The Nasal Poets" consisting of himself, Adrock (from The Beastie Boys) and B-real (from Cypress Hill). Again, no material has been released from this project either.

-The Roots were cool with Tupac. The Roots were at a club, and so was Lauryn Hill and the Fugees. Quest and Black Thought were at a table drinking and talking as shit then The Fugee's Left when they heard Tupac was coming. When Tupac walked in the Club the DJ threw on a redneck country song where the redneck was singing shit like "and kill the ni**ers too" the DJ slowed the music down and but a drumline behind it. Tupac was walking through the club straight eyeing people to get their reactions. He went around the club a little bit then talked to Quest and Black Thought. They both said whats up and Quest said that Pac showed love.

-Back in 94, the cops raided 36 Chambers studio and arrested Ol' Dirty & Inspectah Deck, don't know the reasons.

-The cover of “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” was the first time Ghostface had appeared in a photograph without a mask.

-The first album on Wu-Tang Records was supposed to be "Nothing New under The Sun" by Sunz Of Man. It was supposed to come out back in 1997 but they started all over again and released "The Last Shall Be First" instead in 1998.

-Flavor Flav is RZA's distant cousin.

-Denys Cowan of DC Comics Designed GZA's Liquid Swords Cover.

-ODB got robbed at his apartement and was shot in his back.

-ODB's dad was a cop.

-Ghostface was shot in the neck, he talks about it in one of the songs off of the Only Built for Cuban Linx (Can it be so simple remix.)

-DJ Quik was shot in the foot while promoting his mixtape in a compton crip neighborhood with red shoes on.

-The sample from Mobb Deep's "twisted" came from the song "weird science."

- Micheal Jackson is the most sampled artist in terms of hip-hop, El Debarge is running a close second.

- Souljah Slim kicked his heroin addiction cold turkey.

-Before BDP, KRS-One was part of a group called "Celebrity 3". It included members Jerry Lee & an M.C called Cast and they released a few songs, most notabley "Got to Advance" in 1985.

The Roots lived in London in 1993-94 and record an albums worth of material, which was subsequently shortened down & released as an E.P on Talkin Loud Records called "From The Ground Up", half of the material used their was used on their 1994 L.P "Do You Want More?!!?"

-Tupac didn't have a sexual relationship w/ Faith Evans, he only said it out of spite.

- Biggie was asked to take Faith home after a recording session, her car was in the shop and the rest is history.

- Faith Evans admitted in a "round-about" manner she was sniffing coke when she was pulled over by Police in Georgia.

-Jermaine Dupri's dad was/is an executive at Capitol Records.

-While shopping for a deal at Capitol Records, Kanye West began "talking shit" about Jermaine Dupri not knowing that was JD's dad he was talking to. That is partly why the JD vs. Kanye beef started.

-JD once did an interview with Source where he said he was better than Dre and Timbaland that is why the Dre x Eminem vs. JD beef kicked up.

-JD was going to sign a Cuban rapper(forget his name) to So So Def who had won the 106&Park Freestyle Friday but JD changed his mind. The rapper put out a diss calling JD a kiddie-lover and got no response back.

-Mikkey formerly of Cash Money said that the requirement for being on C.M.R. was you have to get tats on your forearms and neck. Lil Mo now on cash money records has tatts all over her neck and forearms.

-Baby "Birdman" never put out a Mikkey album after 2 years on the label so he left and recorded a diss to Baby saying he was homosexual. The diss was repeatedly played on New Orleans radio stations back to back to back when it first ripped.

-Lil Mo was once hit in the head with a 40oz. beer bottle at a concert, thats the reason why she wears her hair covering her fore-head.

-Tupac and Thug Life had a concert in Milwaukee where Pac stopped the show and said "what i tell you muthafckas about killing them babies?" the crowd booed Pac and began throwing tomatoes at him. Pac went back stage and got his baseball bat and members of Thug Life pulled out their pistols and encouraged members from the crowd to come to the stage.

-Ja Rule Feat. Aashant "always on time" was written for Ja's wife. She found out about his relationship with Karrine "super-head" Steffans and wrote a "dear john" letter, took the keys to his Mercedes Benz and cut up his leather interior. Ja’s wife seen "super-head" at a casino in New Jersey and "rushed" her but the scuffle was broken up by Ja himself.

-The West Coast conference headed by Snoop happened because 50 "dismissed" game from G-Unit. When Snoop heard about the dismissal he was in London and went on a radio station and said "that's wrong im ridin wit my lil homie Game we gotta bring the west back" a month later the rest was history.

-Suge Knight injured his ankle while in prison in 2001, Suge says it was from playing basketball, Snoop says it was from getting his ass whooped in a prison riot. Snoop also said that Suge was "scared" to go to level 4 while in the prison (whatever that means).

-BIG Pun got Fat Joe's face tattoed on his fist before he died.

-Charli Baltimore, Pun and Fat Joe thought of doing a whole rap album in Spanish prior to Pun's death.

-Cassidy has been known to sleep in the studio for days on end without eating or bathing in order to finish recording on time.

-Rhymefest did some ghostwriting on ODB’s shit "a son unique."

-B.G. has been a heroin addict for years. During a Source interview they were saying he would fall asleep in the middle of talking and they could barely understand him.

-Yella Boy of UNLV made a song "Drag em in the River" dissing Mystikal because he was on a rival Big Boy Records. Later on, Yella Boy was killed, it was rumored that Yella Boy was killed by Tec-9 of UNLV. UNLV and B.G. recorded "Drag em 2" which disses Birdman and Slim.

-The beat to "Drag em In the River" is what made Juvenile join Cash Money. Juvenile said Mannie Fresh was the only reason he joined. Mannie later uses the same beat on "Set It Off."

-When Soulja Slim got out of jail, Master P wanted him to go at Cash Money but he refused because him and B.G. go way back and he eventually left the label.

-Mystikal's sister was killed by an ex-boyfriend and this is what the songs "Murderer 2" and "Murderer 3" are about.

-Mannie Fresh has produced over 5,000 songs.

-Bone Thugs -n- Harmony bought a one-way ticket to L.A. to meet Eazy E. Flesh -n- Bone stayed in Cleveland to play basketball and followed later. He didn't get the same contract however and signed to Def Jam.

-Flesh and Layzie are brothers. Bizzy Bone was a foster child adopted by Layzie's family.

-Bizzy Bone and his little sister were kidnapped by their step-father when they were younger.

-Bizzy Bone is from Columbus, not Cleveland.

-Krayzie Bone was a Jehova's Witness.

-Layzie Bone supposedly fucked up one of the member of Do Or Die.

-Eazy E's wife also called Black Widow took over for Ruthless when he died. She supposedly didn't pay Bone any money. Bizzy and Krayzie have dissed her on songs. Bizzy has dissed her a lot. Bizzy's "Heaven'z Movie" was edited a lot by Black Widow. This is why some songs are really short and one song even cuts off when a verse is beginning.

-Some say that Eazy E actually fcked over Bone in their deal. At the beginning of "Schizophrenic", Bizzy Bone can be heard in the background saying that someone owe him a lot of money if you listen carefully.

-50 Cent gives away who shot Pac in the NY studio in his song “Many Men.”

-Game played bball With Baron Davis in High School.

-Yukmouth claims Game was a stripper.

-Young Bucks a coke head.

-Jigga moved coke pretty heavily back in the day.

-On Suge Knight's behind the music, his father said he is a "compulsive" liar.

-Suge Knight was a all-american linebacker for UNLV runnin rebels.

-Suge Knight got his start in the music business as MC Hammer's body guard.

-Suge went on a radio show shortly after Snoop signed to No Limit Records and talked of how Master P shouldn't be stealing people's artists. P cancelled the rest of his shows in California, this was in the Source "confidential" section.

-Common in the early 90s was a big heroin addict and almost OD in a studio.

-Mary J Blige got The Lox signed to Bad Boy, she introduced Puffy to The Lox.

-Keith Murray has a degree in English Literature, that is why his rhymes are so well put together and somewhat complex.

-Camron did get his chain snatched by 6-0 crips. Them dudes was rocking pink fat ass earrings on the shaw that same night.

-Camron attended college in Texas for a year and a half.

-Camron and Mase knew each other from kids.

-Camron was a good basketball player and could have gone Pro if he kept at it.

-Eazy E and MC Ren both kelly park crips used to get chased home from school by OG Tweety Bird Locc.

-Young Buck was in 3-6 Mafia back in the day.

-You have to have a freestyle battle with Eminem to get on Shady Records.

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-Kanye West produced some of the best hits for Bad Boy back in the day and Deric D-Dot Angeletti was taking all the credit for production because Kanye was under him, known to be fact.

-Lil Kim's on/off boyfriend is a hardened killer and tried to take out sombody in Jersey, rumoured to be 50 cent.

-Flesh Bone pulled an ak47 out of a baby carrige and aimed it at a friend or either his cousin cos of an argument, so he got 8 years in jail for pullin an ak and leavin without hurtin nobody.

-Eminem pulled a gun out on ICP’s road manager trying to prove something but that shit was unloaded and supposedly he was nervous and his hands were shaking so hard he dropped it.

-Pac started rapping at age 15 in Baltimore with the alias "MC New York."

-T.I. wrote 30% of Bow Wow's previous album.

-Kwon mooned LA Reid at an audition when he was on his come-up.

-Jermaine Dupri used to be a back-up dancer.

-Jim Jones was born to an Aruban mother and Puerto Rican father.

-Notorious B.I.G. was simply known as "Big Chris" in his Bedford Stuyvesant neighbourhood.

-Game is really a pussy even tho he got shot 5 times in the chest (HIS camp says). He’s not really blood, he is only allowed to claim blood cos his brother is. He dissed Joe Budden, Joe dissed him back, then Joe saw him in LA (Game’s turf) and game apologized, then went on to diss Joe again. Game dissed Bleek, apologized at the MTV Awards, then saw Bleek in LA and went on to apologize again and say and quote "i admire ur music, and im sorry i got out of line.”

-Jaz-O went down south when the ROC first started he didnt move units, came back to NY asked Jay to sign him & Jay refused.

-BG Knoccout and Dresta (from Eazy'z click) ran up on the Dogg Pound at a golf event and Nate Dogg started swingin at them with a club and everyone that was there (rappers, people etc) was runnin like bitches. This is true cos its been recorded on video.

-Talented producer Ayatollah (Mos Def, Screwball, Vast Aire, Cormega, etc.) wanted to do something else than just be a DJ, Tragedy Khadafi got Marley Marl to lend a shitload of equipment to Ayatollah, years later Ayatollah made a name for himself and finally Marley got his equp. back, if it wasnt for Marley, there is no Ayatollah.

-Freddie Foxxx got his other name Bumpy Kunckles when he beat this dude down, afterward this girl was like damn, ur knuckels are bumpy as hell and the rest is history.

-Freddie Foxxx dissed Noreaga, Noreaga stepped up to Foxxx outside of a club, Norega started to talk shit bout Foxxx, Bumpy stepped right to Nore's face and was like what u going to do about it, Nore backed away like a bitch and hasnt said what what what since.

-Its rumored Eminem trained with Lennox Lewis’ trainer.

-Nelly has the coke nose.

-Lil Kim suffers from low self esteem partly because Biggie used to verbally & physically abuse her. The Gotti Kids once dissed Lil Kim so bad about her surgery, she ran out of the Gotti mansion crying.

-Loons is from a legendary family of Harlem hustlers, so the only ppl who diss him are the ones that have no clue he could merk your whole family.

-Charlie Baltimore sucked Irv Gotti's dick to get signed, this is her main talent & is the reason she's famous, needless to say, mouth skills are common so the bitch was dropped months later.

-During a trip to the the old neighborhood a man approaches Memphis Bleek, thinking it was a fan, he didnt think nothing of it, dude clapped him dead in his mouth & Bleek was so stunned that he ran back to the whip with his hand on his mouth, a little later a team of big body black Benzes rolled up & starten lightin shit up

-The Commision- Big, Jay-Z, and Charlie Baltimore was set to hit the streets when Biggie died.

-Triangle Offense- Joe Budden, Fabolous, and Paul Cain, the album would have came out if Joe’s debut album went platinum, but it didnt so the label didnt feel need to further explore the potential of that group.

-Styles P. was only dissing Rocafella and Jay-Z during the Beans and Jada beef in order to push Jada’s album “kiss the game goodbye”, when Styles came out of prison he said he wished he could take it all back and do “resoviour dogs part 2” wit "my ni**as at the roc"

-Sauce Money won a grammy for writing Puff's verse on "Every Breathe u take", the BIG tribute.

-BIG L was Rocafella when he died. RIP

-AZ many times, was very close to signing to Rocafella

-Cormega, was a signature away from reppin the roc.

-Joe Budden was on Rocafella before Dame went, but did not want to have to choose between Dame and Jay so he just tore up the Rocafella contract and stood under his old Def Jam contract.

-State Property, the group, did not know each other from a hole in a wall before SP, Dame and Jay just took everyone from Philadelphia under Rocafella and made a collective, basically the Rocs version of making the band.

-Bleek recorded verses and songs with Beans for the b.coming, Dame did not want them on there instead put a two year old Jay song which was on the State Property two album. Dame also kept Bleek off of the Young Guns first solo, Juelz, The Diplomats, and most of the paid in full contract, Bleek called it "a conspiracy to get Bleek off of the roc."

-“Welcome to NY” was supposed to be Camron’s second single, Cam refused to shoot the video after Jay banned Cam’s VP position, probably costing Cam another million in record sales.

-Jaz-O used to sell incents on Bushwick Ave., he had a cart and was wearing a tank top and sandals.

-Ali Vegas and Lamar Odom are relatives.

-Nas saw his first tec/gun on tour with Xtra P when Jigga pulled it out.

-Jungle use to manage such rappers as Nore.

-Canibus was stole on by Blinky Blink at his album release party.

-Mystikal's sister was killed by boyfriend which was a rapper from UNLV.

-Juelz Santana was in a rap duo called Draft Pick with stickman Malik.

-According to DMX, K-Solo battled him in jail and completely jacked his style of spelling out words in his rhymes. This is on the BEEF dvd, K took a lie detector test.

-The people behind Murder INC actually held weight when PIF posse was running things.

-AZ supposedly fcked Lil Kim & Foxy Brown.

-Game claims he caught his 1st body on march 4, 1994.

-Fat Joe writes 25% of his lyrics he has a team of ghostwriters.

-Monica & Young Buck hooked up.

-Biggie had some of his dudes run up in D&D studios and beat down Starang Wondah then had them put the phone to his ear while Biggie proceeded to tell him never to fuck with him again. This was in retaliation for OGC's first video where they had a fake Biggie get beat down. Starang admitted it on Heltah Skeltah's "I Ain't Havin That." "Like when i was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / i was still gettin bitches at the tunnel takin pictures"

-Dre named his 2nd CD, Chronic 2001 even though it came out in 99, cos Suge Knight made a CD named Chronic 2000, a CD full of old Death Row tracks.

-Das EFX stole their style from UK hip-hop outfit Demon Boyz while on tour with EPMD.

-Fritz used to sell bricks to Alpo, AZ, Rich Porter, Boy George, Tony Montana (Fat Joe's boy) and them. In other words he supplied the dealers.

-Masta Killa was the last member to join Wu.

-Biggie did a 9 month bid in North Carolina.

-Eric B. had Large Professor beaten down on one occasion for Xtra P talking shit about not getting production credits and cos he thought he was gettin at him on "Snake Eyes".

-Kane & Slick Rick came to blows backstage at the Run's House tour in 88. Fight lasted about 1 minute before Vance Wright broke it up.

-Freddie Foxxx was originally gonna be Eric B.'s rapper not Rakim

-Mc Hammer found out 3rd Bass was coming to Cali, and ordered someone to merk them

-Outlaws had beef with Capone and Noreaga, but was squashed later.

-Most of Wu Tang used to be angel-dust heads.

-U-God has beef with the Rza over money.

-RZA used to skip class all the time and would still get good grades.

-Warren G & ODB have their own chips.

-B.G. moves heavy coke through US/Canada/South America, known to be 100% true. (lol answers the question someone had in G-Unit section about the So Disrespectful Young Buck line)

-Luniz and Too Short had beef cos Short wouldnt let them be part of the dangerous crew.

-Suge Knight paid a dude $10,000 dollars to assault Dr. Dre at the Vibe Awards, specifically during his lifetime achievement award segment.

-Luniz aint hard but East Oakland respects that they went major and still rep the town so they got their back

-Game isnt welcomed in the Bay.

-Master P was ran out the Bay because he didnt help none of the people that introduced him to the game or had his back.

-C-Bo is in jail for shootin his baby momma, this is a true fact.

-The reason Sheek wasn't around much after LOX split from Bad Boy cos he was clearing up cases he had.

-The real reason Mase left hip hop & Harlem was cos of heavy extortion, not cos he had an epiphany from god.

-Eddie Murphy lets Johnny Gill sleep in his bathhouse to this day because he's broke

-Jaheim is in fact gay, he was spotted in Atlanta arguing with his boyfriend over dropping his purse or something in the middle of the street.

-Queen Latifah is certified 100% dyke she just hasent announced it yet, known to be fact.

-Ghostface Killa has a brother still living in Staten Island, poor, with hardly a pot to piss in, and no support from his well off brother, known to be fact.

-E-40 and Mac Dre were beefin over a girl. Its rumored that the two bay legends funk came when a dude from Mac Dre’s neighbourhood, The Country Club Crest, took 40's girl and 40 beat the dude down for disrespecting his brother. Thats why to this day hillside and crest side dont get along, they each made several diss songs before squashing the beef but the hoods havent.

-Rakim was still in high school when “Paid In Full” dropped.

-JT the Bigga Figga returned Nas chain to him when it got stolen in Cali.

-LL Cool J was cool with Alpo and many other rappers who had drug ties.

-Eazy-E was from a very middle class family so was Ice cube they weren't thugs.

-Ice Cube isn’t from Compton and went to a college in Arizona, he was never a gangsta.

-Some people in Death Row got raped in a building.

-The entire city of Boston was blacklisted back in the day by the industry due to crowds and Boston rappers and thugs attending shows just to cause problems. Every rapper from Audio Two to Biggie had either a bottle smashed across their head on stage or their show cancelled due to a shooting. To this day very few rappers do shows in the Boston hoods because of it.

-MF Grimm was not only suppose to be on “Live At The BBQ”, but his joint with Kool G Rap was suppose to be the lead single but he was arrested again and G Rap went with the joint with Nas.

-MF Grimm also admitted that he came in third at the World Supremecy battle in 93, losing to SuperNat who won but that he was also involved in a shooting earlier in the day.

-MF Grimm was held on trial for the murder of a cop.
Everyone in CashMoney has done at least 2 years in prison.

-Grimm was supposed to be on "Live At The Barbecue" but he was arrested on the way to the studio.

-A boston beatboxer by the name of A-Train is said to have beaten Biz Markie, Dana Dane, and K-solo in a battle back in 88.

-Guru didnt leave Boston in the best of terms which is why the early of stages of his career Boston did not play a big part. Gang Starr originally started in Boston and had a few emcees in it. Guru left for NY and took the name without people knowing.

-Freddie Foxxx went to Landspeed records like 200 deep in order to get the money they owed him.

-Pharrell use to carry records around for Teddy Riley or he wrote Teddy's verse or did the beat for "Rump Shaker".

-Main Source (sans Large Pro) ran up in the Wild Pitch offices with machetes looking to behead MC Serch (who was working as an A&R for the label at the time) after a West Coast promotional tour went shitty. MC Serch got wind that they were coming and escaped by crawling over the partial walls for his office and jetting out the back door. According to an interview with Stu Fine this is true.

-Showbiz has almost been sent upstate twice for attempted murder twice

-Johnny Juice did all Terminator X's cuts on the Public Enemy albums.

-Kool Keith met Godfather Don outside some industry event that both of them weren't allowed entry to. They snuck in through a back window and then hung out for the next month or so recording the Don produced tracks on "The 4 Horsemen" and all the classic Cenobites tracks.

-Just Ice was a prime suspect in a murder case.

-Just Ice turned up in Queens on Poet's block after the two Rockwell Noel & The Poet tracks dissing Krs One, Red Alert and Ms. Melodie with a shotgun and waited for Poet to come out. Needless to say, Poet stayed in the crib that day.

-DJ Ready Red was kicked out of Geto Boys and shafted by J. Prince because of his lack of melanin.

-Alpo, Fritz, the original 50 Cent from Ft Greene and various other notorious hustlers/killers from the legendary Paid In Full Posse were in the crew shots on "Paid In Full" and "Follow The Leader".

-Diamond D and his old late 80's group Ultimate Force with Master Rob recorded a full album with Jazzy Jay which has never been heard.

-Nas came incredibly close to being on the Large Pro produced Kool G Rap, Xtra P, Freddie Foxxx and Ant posse cut "Money In The Bank" as he was always hangin around Eric B.'s studio but had gone to pick up some weed with a chick so they let the Ant kid on there instead.

-Oschino was shot 9 nine times.

-Big Noyd served time for attempted murder.

-Uncensored Version of "Lean Back" was a diss: "If you Cross the line dead right I'm gonne Hurt you/
These fa**it ni**as even made Gang Signs Commercial/Even Lil Bow Wow Throwin' it Up/B2K Crip Walkin' like thats What's Up!"

-Jeru The Damaja was screwed by the industry so bad, he was spotted last year in Manhatten delivering Chinese food on a bike, not a motorbike, a bike. When he was asked what happened he says & quote "you know the industry does you in."

-Dr. Dre isn't in his own song, “Stranded On Death Row” off of the Chronic CD. He also isn’t on his own song, Xxxplosive off of the 2001 CD, which was originally a track by Dre called 'The Way I Be Pimpin' which was written by Royce Da 5'9" who also appeared on the hook, but this track was removed at the last minute and a new track was made with the beat (Xxxplosive).

-J-Zone's first album was made for a school project.

-Supposedly Marley Marl is married to the princess of Japan, that would explain why sometimes Future Flavas (Marley's radio show would be broadcasted in Japan).

-Back in 98, The Boot Camp Click came to perform in Montreal. They gave a lame ass performance, at the end of the show some of them (BCC) dudes got jumped, in the process Sean Price got his chain snatched. They was out numbered so they had to bounce.

-Spider Loc hates Bad Azz cos Loc tried to get on and spit in front of him and Bad gave him a whole speech about how spittin in front of a ni**a on the spot aint helpin nothin. Later on Spider saw Snoop on tv talking about how he discovered Bad Azz in front of some like burger joiny when he started freestylin for him outta no where. (lmao)

-Lil Scrappy claims Gangsta Boo had a relationship with Don P from Trillville and liked getting shit up the ass.

-Jayo Felony was gonna make peace with Snoop Dogg thru their mutual friend Tray Dee but Snoop and Tray had a falling out so the shit never went down. Jayo (in 05) was also beefin with Daz, Xzhibit and the Strong Arm Steady Click and Mitchy Slick.

-Its sort of taboo that people in the industry know Suge knocked off Biggie and Puff is to scared to do anything, thats why a lot of real street cats stopped fcking with him once Big was murdered.

-B.G. & Mac did a song together called "Niggas N Trouble" before Mac signed to No Limit.

-"The Chronic" was rumored to be actually produced by Daz, Sam Sneed, and Big Hutch instead of Dre.

-Sam Sneed survived brain cancer.

-Pac was working on the One Nation Compilation before he died which was supposed to unite East and West Coast artists. Some artists to be on it were Smif n Wessun, Bukshot, Outlawz, Scarface, Spice 1, E-40, Redman, Dogg Pound, Method Man, Luniz, Richie Rich and some others.

-Kurupt was originally in "Still Ballin'" but his verse was replaced by an added Trick Daddy verse.

-Spice 1 is said to be someone never to fuck with.

-E-40 invented a LOT of hip-hop slang. Snoop took the "fo shizzle my nizzle" from him as a matter of fact. Snoop gets no love in the Bay Area because of this.

-C-Bo violated probation because his album "Til My Casket Drops" contained violent lyrics and he was locked up for it.

-After "Bling Bling", Master P and Mr. Magic had a song called "Ice On My Wrist". In the song Master P says "Bling Bling" but they edited it out of the video.

-C-Murder disses Juvenile and Mystikal on a hidden track off of his "Tru Dawgs" Compilation.

-No Limit created a group called "Tank Dawgs" with C-Murder, Fiend, Mac, & Snoop Dogg. The album never happened but they may have recorded some tracks.

-Masta Ace's first record was "The Symphony."

-The D.O.C's (Hip Hop classic) album "No One Can Do It Better" is platinum certified.
-Model/actor Vida Guerra stepped on BIG Pun’s injured toe during a video shoot and got her ass cussed out and removed from the set.

-In a interview shortly after the release of Game's "300 bars" G-Unit diss, 50 said he had a video-tape of Game stripping w/ blonde hair, which he would play at every concert on the Anger Management Tour after 5 concerts, 3 of which have been in California he hasn't played the tape.

-In 1994, U-God's son (at the time a baby) was shot in a drive-by shootout in Park Hill Staten Island while playing outside, he got caught in the cross-fire. At the time U-God was on the road and had to hear the painful news via telephone. Thankfully he survived and is still alive today. His name is Donte.

-Some of the skits on Killarmy's "Dirty Weaponry" are quotes from HBO's Spawn Animated series.

-Kam from WATTS UP! and formerly of Ice Cube's "guerilla's in the midst" has recorded several diss songs to Cube including "u aint fresh" and "whoop whoop."

-Hip Hop producer Ron Browz (produced the diss track "Ether" for Nas) said he had worked with Nas in 05 on a couple tracks for his next album "Nasdaq DOW JONES", one of them being a diss track. Browz didn't seem to say a lot about who the diss was towards, but said Nas was pour out another bottle of Ether on someone's career (it was supposedly at 50.)

-The LOX had a physical confrontation with Puff during the "let the lox go" days. They were then banned from the Bad Boy offices. Also, the release of the LOX didn't really benefit anyone but Puff who got 2million cash and control of Jada's publishing.

-Foxy brown really is crazy. Bipolar or some shit like that.

-Suge Knight says on the way to the hospital after being shot in Vegas Pac held a conversation and joked the whole time, which is impossible for someone shot in the lungs. Suge was reportedly "grazed" by a bullet in the same shooting and sought treatment at the same hospital as Pac but there are NO records or scars. Khadafi of The Outlaws witnessed the shooting and gave info to the police he was killed a month and a half later.

-Ice T called Eminem a pussy cos he only pistol whipped someone who was spotted kissing Kim at a club. (dont think this s true cos Ice T was in “Fight Club” & they both were on the Warp Tour)

-Ice T didn't like Eazy E either, he would say in interviews how Eric was a studio gangsta, etc.

-DJ Quik sent a subliminal diss to Dre on "U Aint Fresh" Feat. Eric Sermon & Kam. "I heard you like to do ecstasy and forget where you are / you alone with a stripper and your homie lamar / instead of bangin on the stripper you'd rather open his hatch."

-Dre has a cut above his lip that was "supposedly" because Lamar's lover caught him and Dre in the act. He cut Dre with a broken beer bottle.

-Suge knight had "relationships" with:
Mi'chelle (former Ruthless & Deathrow rnb recording artist and Dre's ex-fiancee)
Beverly and Shaunte Broadus (Snoop's mother and wife)
Natina Reed (Kurupt's ex-fiance)
Keyshawn Johnson's wife
Daz Dillinger's baby mom/Kurupt's sister
Daz Dillinger's ex-wife
Daz Dillinger's auntie/Snoop's aunite
Jennifer Lopez (there was a tape of Suge and his boys training her, she filed a lawsuit)

-The beef with Suge Knight and Game started a while ago cos Suge had Billboard murdered, he said this in an interview. The interview went something like this:
Interviwer: what about game?
Suge: same thing gonna happen to Game like his boy...
interviwer: Billboard?
Suge: yes...
interviwer: are u saying u killed him?
Suge: ...... Yes...
Suge also doesnt like Game because he exposed some of Death Row business (stuff about Harry-O) and because he is not really blood.

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-The name hip-hop was first used as the name of our culture by Afrika Bambaataa back in the early 80’s. Before that, the word hip-hop was phrase that MC’s said on the mic

-First DJ to scratch: DJ Wizard Theodore I 1975 at age 13.

-First DJ to back spin and needle drop: DJ Grand Wizard Theodore.

-The most Records: Afrika Bambaataa

-First recording by a put together rap group: Sugar Hill Gang "Rappers Delight”

-First real legit recording by authentic group: Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5, under the title "The Younger Generation" song title "We Rock So Mellow" (this was actually the 2nd rap record release after King Tim, the 3rd)

-First all female MC crew: Mercedes Ladies

-First TV show dedicated to hip-hop "Graffiti Rock" featuring NYC Breakers and a battle between Treacherous 3 and RUN DMC.

-The difference between RAP and MC: MC is the original word used to describe a hip hoper hosting a jam and rhyming on the mic, it means "Master Of Ceremony", whereas RAP was a word originally meaning to talk to a girl or to speak out to someone or to people, it was eventually used on the record “Rappers Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang and became the title for hip-hop recording artists.

-First hip-hop radio show: Mr Magic (RIP) WHBI FM, 1979

-First MC signed to a major label: Kurtis Blow, Mercury

-First hip-hop tour in US: The Kitchen Tour, that featured RSC

-First TV performance by a MC group: Funky Four on Saturday Night Live

-Famous MC / DJ battles:
Cold Crush Four VS Fantastic Five (Harlem World)
Bambaataa VS Disco King Mario (Bronx Jr. High School 123
Kool Moe Dee VS Buzy B
Cold Crush Four VS Force MC’s (Statin Island)
-In 1970 The Last Poets, pioneers of hip-hop, record their self-named LP on Douglas Records, using a mixture of spoken word and jazz drumming and instrumentations.

-While touring in Oakland, UTFO asks a young local MC named Too Short to open up for them.

-In 1978 Kurtis Blow needed a DJ. Russell Simmons was Kurtis' manager at the time and his brother Joseph (aka as Run of Run DMC) got the job. He got his name "Run" because he could cut between two turntables so quickly.

-Kurtis Blow releases "The Breaks" on Mercury records (went on to sell more than a million copies).

-In 1981 ABC's 20/20 shows the first national television coverage of the "Rap Phenomenon".

-The Fresh Fest concert tour, featuring Run-D.M.C., Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Fat Boys, and Newcleus, is hip-hop's first big money making tour ($3.5 million for 27 dates).

-Houston, Texas native James Smith brings together "The Geto Boys". The original lineup consisted of MCs Raheim, Jukebox, DJ Ready Red, and Sir Rap-A-Lot. The group also featured Little Billy, a dancing dwarf who later joined full-time as Bushwick Bill. Following a short break-up in 1988, Smith called on local rhymers Willie D and multi-instrumentalist Akshun (later known as Scarface) to join the lineup.

-N.W.A's follow-up record, 1991's "Niggaz4Life," sold 954,000 copies in its first weeks of release to become the first hardcore rap album to hit No. 1 on the charts, despite being banned by some record stores and seized by English authorities as obscene.

-The best selling rap /R&B album ever in the US is CrazySexyCool by TLC which has reached sales of 11 million, surpassing MC Hammer's Please Don't Hurt 'Em which has sold 10 million units.
- Back in 05, 50 was pushin for 6 months to make Lil Jon do a joint venture with Lil Scrappy and thats why he put him on Anger Management so they can negotiate more and Scrappy can be with G-Unit.

- Back in 05, there was a huge rap war in Detroit and at least 2 rappers been gunned down cos they all share the name of Cheddar Boyz or some shit.

- Slim Thug had beef with Lil Flip.

- The West Coast peace conference saved ALOT of lives.

-Westside connection never really got along too much (true).

-Puff was a control freak at Bad Boy and Biggie was what kept everyone together so when he bounced everyone said fuck it.

-Ludacris & 50 were tight before their remix track but afterwards had money issues, they aren’t close and 50 has sent "mini" disses to him.

-50 dissed Lil Kim cos she left him for Scott Storch after they fckd.

-No Limit & Cash Money had a scruffle outside a nightclub. Supposedly, Fiend or Mac sliced Slim and now, Slim has a scar on his chest.

-DMX doesnt even wanna rap, hes under contract and has too.

-MOP & Mobb Deep dislike each other.

-T.I. and Lil Flip got in a scuffle in Flips hood after T.I. went on the radio claiming he was going through there to prove Flip was a bitch. Flip’s boys were ready and whooped on T.I. but Flip tried to sneak through the scuffle and get the K.O. blow on T.I. and one of his boys knocked Flip the fuck out as well. This is very true cos its been documented & they both admit to it.

-Styles P. did A bid for stabbing a dude in the ass.

-Spider Loc got signed to G-Unit because he was doing big time coke moves with his home boys who were talking to some Tennessse homies of Young Bucks, they met in Chi-Town and hooked up. Then Loc got signed on the set of “let me in” video.

-DMX had Spider Loc and Game battle on the set of "missin yu" song tribute to Aaliyah, dunno who won.

-Trick Trick went to MIA and tried to talk it out with Trick Daddy but he wouldnt hear it, then later on when Trick Daddy went to Detroit club they already had it planned out that they were gonna whoop his ass, which they did, badly.

-Trick Trick Knocked Styles P. on his ass in a club in Detroit. Trick said D Block came thru the club and one dude (Styles) was acting disrespectful. Jada left but Styles stood his ground and got knocked the fuck out 100 %. Styles admitted it on Hot 97 a while back, he said and quote, "i took an L but i still held my shit down, niggas was stompin me out and shit, but i still did my thing..." (LMAO)

-Pastor Troy and Lil Jon got serious beef, its rumored Troy smacked out East Side Boy Big Sam’s wife or gf.

-Young Buck got robbed for his chain in Chi-Town, thats true.

-Spider Loc met Yukmouth in the club snuffed him and jacked his chain, very true.

-Freekey Zeekey is in prison on at least one count of possession of Ectasy, very true.

-Nas claims biggie subliminally dissed him on "life after death".

-50 Cent’s name in the hood was "boo boo", very very true.

-Lloyd Banks is half Puerto Rican, very true.

-Games beef with Memphis Bleek started back when Game was signed to JT Tha Bigga Figgas label and how they both had labels similiary named "get low". Bleek claims he worked it out With JT but game continued to bitch out.

-Game was shot by crips, and his homey Billboard was murdered, possibly cos of Suge.

-50 Cent’s former manager is now a CEO of Black Hand who has Grafh.

-Lil Kim’s bf shot at 50’s entourage while he exited a NJ hotel after he dissed on her Funk Flexs show the prior night.

-Akon’s manager was murdered in front of a NJ diner by a fan trying to fck with Capone who was there as well.

-Oschino is the only member of State Prop who followed Beans to Dame Dash's Label.

-When G-unit dissed Budden at Summer Jam 04 he was backstage alone and didnt say or do shit.

-Chamillionaire beefs with any1 affiliated to Swisha House (paul wall, mike jones etc.)

-Young Bucks ni**as supplied all the whips jewelry and tough looking dudes in juvies "paper chaser video".

-Juvenile left Young Buck in Cali after Buck got too friendly with dudes at tha row.

-Theres another Cali rapper named Young Buc.

-Jay's first album was originally suppose to be his first and last.

-Young Jeezy openly admits hes not really a rapper, he just makes the albums to start up his company.

-Game ghost wrote for Puff, very true.

- Fat Joe keeps dudes in the Terror Squad who openly dont even have a desire to make their own albums, simply cos they do his ghostwriting.

-Showbiz has beat down Busta Rhymes and brandished a gun at Jay for their lack of help when he fell on hard times.

-Wyclef fcked Beyonce and her dad had a relationship with the two girls that got kicked out the original group.

-Kayslay (real name Keith) used to be a parking attendent at a new york car park and is 48 years old.

-BIG Pun kidnapped Whoo Kid for putting a diss record aimed at him on one of his early mixtapes. (WTF LMAO)

-Kelis aborted two kids from Pharrell.

-The Clipse smoke a hell of alotta of crack.

-Red Cafe makes more money selling drugs than from music.

-Jimmy Cozier and Blu Cantrell have a serious drug problem.

-Janet Jackson has a teenage daughter.

-Puff is bisexual.

-Redman likes fcking fat chicks (LMAO)

-50 did write most of Game’s 1st album.

-Artists known to be pussy and robbed more than twice:
Bow Wow - got his mickey mouse chain that JD gave him snatched
Busta Rymes
Jazze Pha
Nas
Dr. Dre
Shyheim from the Wu
Mase - got his chain took at a Knick game
Puff
Jermaine Dupri
Stephon Marbury - got his chain snatched while takin a nap in his car in NY
Allen Iverson
DMX - got his chain jacked in Toronto on a movie shoot
Young Buck - got his G-Unit chain took in Chicago
Ja Rule and Irv but Irv's brother holds massive weight
50's hood but has NO thorough backup
Snoop lost his juice, but is backed by the crips only because he makes songs to them
Jadakiss
Ice Cube - he got beat for one of those "W" chains supposedly by someone from the Soul Assassins camp when him and B-Real were beefin. This is known to be true, it was in documented in the Beef dvds.

-Artists who are thorough:
Styles P - one news story is that somebody tried to rob him back during the free the LOX campaign, shot the man DEAD and got off on self defense
Cormega - he has shit on lock in some places in Brooklyn and Queens
Ghostface & Cappadonna - Reason Ghostface wore a mask in the early days is because he was wanted for robbery when the Wu first blew up, Cappadonna owned some drug houses on Staten Island for a little while
Fat Joe – cos of his drug dealin days back in the day
Cashmoney CEO's Brian & Baby Williams - have a brother who's LEGENDARY in New Orleans, now serving 500 some odd years in jail for various murders, known to be fact

-Rappers who've survived shootings:
Beanie Sigel, Big Noyd, B-Real, Bushwick Bill, Capone, Dr. Dre, Dresta, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Krumb Snatcha, LV, Ol Dirty Bastard, Shyne, Slick Rick

-MC'S First Names:
Big Moon Dog - Big Punisher
Chill-O-Ski - Busta Rhymes
Kid Wizard - Rakim
MC Love Child - Q-Tip (lmao)
MC New York - 2Pac
Paul Juice - Large Professor

-How 10 Rap Monikers Got Their Names:
Busta Rhymes - Oklahoma College Football players real name
C-BO - Short for cowboy
DMX - was a beatboxer took the name from the drum machine
E-40 - his ability to drink four to five 40 oz's a day...
Grandmixer D.ST - Grandmixer DELANCEY STREET
Khujo (Goodie Mob) - After an AFRICAN slave who was given freedom after being illegaly shipped to america
LL COOL J - stole the name from DJ Cut Creator (cool jay at the time)
Noreaga - named after the panamanian ruler
Dj Quik - C was taken out because he used to be a blood
Ras Kass - inspired by a book about menelik II and ethiopian king

-Acronyms:
Big Daddy Kane - King Asiatic Nobody's Equal
B.O.X. - Beyond Ordinary Existence
DL (Hard To Obtain) - Down Low
DMC - Darryl MacDaniels, Devastating Mic Controller
DMX - Dark Man Of The Unknown
DV Alias Khrist - Deep Voice
MC Eiht - Experienced In Hardcore Thumpin
Guru - Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
Ja Rule - Jeff Atkins Represents Unconditional Love's Existence (ok thennn lol)
JDL (Cold Crush Brothers) - Jerry D. Lewis
Kool G Rap - Kool Genius Of Rap, Kool Giancana Rap
KRS-One - Knowledge Reigns Supremely Over Nearly Everyone
K-Solo - Kevin Self Organization Left Others
LL Cool J - Ladies Love Cool James
Memphis Bleek - Makin' Easy Money Pimpin' Hoe's In Style
Mr. Serv On - Surviving Every Rugged Vendetta On Me
N.A.R.D (Do Or Die) - Ni**as Ain't Ready To Die
P.A. Mase (De La Soul) - Public Announcer Making A Soulful Effort
The PreC.I.S.E M.C. - Pre Beginning Change of Interest in Sister Effectiveness
Tash - Tough Ass Son Of Harold
MC Twist - Talking With Innovative Street Terminology

-Original Names of 15 Rap Groups:
Band Aid Boys - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Disco Construction - The World Class Wreckin Cru' (lmfao)
DVX - Cypress Hill
Easy Street - De La Soul
High Tech - Black Moon
The Houserockers Crew - Fearless Four
The KA'S - Sugarhill Gang
The LD's, Force MC's-The Force MD's
New Crew - Main Source
Poetical Prophets - Mobb Deep
Simply Too Positive (STP) - Organized Konfusion
Square Roots - The Roots
3 The Hard Way - 3rd Bass
2 Shades Deep, Misfits Of The Outback - Outkast
The Warlocks - The Lox-D Block
All In Together Now - Wu Tang

-Rejected Titles of 20 Rap Albums:
1.Cypress Hill
Rejected : America's Most Blunted
Released As : Cypress Hill

2.Stetsasonic
Rejected : And This Band Played On
Released As : Blood, Sweat & No Tears

3.Illegal
Rejected : Black Little Bastards
Released As : The Untold Truth

4.Intelligent Hoodlum
Rejected : Black Rage
Released As : Tragedy-Saga Of A Hoodlum

5.Beastie Boys
Rejected : Don't Be A Faggot
Released As : Licensed To Ill

6.The Lady Of Rage
Rejected : Eargasms
Released As : Necessary Roughness

7.Diamond D
Rejected : Flavortism-The Sophomoric Effort
Released As : Hatred, Passions & Infidelity

8.Puff Daddy & The Family
Rejected : Hell Up In Harlem
Released As : No Way Out

9.Scarface
Rejected : I'm Coming Agg
Released As : The World Is Yours

10.Nice & Smooth
Rejected : Just When You Thought It Was Over
Released As : Jewel Of The Nile

11.Coolio
Rejected : The Last Original Nigga
Released As : It Takes A Thief

12.Gravediggaz
Rejected : Niggamortis
Released As : 6 Feet Deep

13.Da Lench Mob
Rejected : Pin The Tail On The Honky
Released As : Guerillas In The Mist

14.The Pharcyde
Rejected : Revelations
Released As : Labcabincalifornia

15.Eric B. & Rakim
Rejected : Save The Children
Released As : Don't Sweat The Technique

16.LL Cool J
Rejected : Smithsonian
Released As : Mr.Smith

17.Dj Quik
Rejected : Starved Bandit
Released As : Safe + Sound

18.Run DMC
Rejected : Still Standing
Released As : Down With The King

19.Onyx
Rejected : Three The Hard Way
Released As : All We Got Iz Us

20.De La Soul
Rejected : We Fell Into A Bottle Of Plastic Shwingalokate, So We Opened A Radio Station
Released As : De La Soul Is Dead

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-Supposedly there was a legendary battle at a Canibus concert, The WU vs Canibus. Straight acapella freestyle, like them old school ciphers. Canibus ripped all of the wu except GZA & Killah Priest. Canibus defeated GZA but he didn't OWN him. Now, Killah Priest freestyled and about 8 minutes into the shit, Canibus threw in the towel and Killah still kept on rapping. There is no audio of this, and supposedly GZA spoke on this in some interview. (wow.. would like to see that)

-In 8 mile when Proof (lil ticc) battles Rabbit, he secretly spells out his name when he says:
I'll Punish Rabbit Or Osolete Future

-Killah Prest said when he was in the studio with ODB (RIP), ODB would freeze and not move when Killah Prest asked ODB what was wrong ODB would say there are Aliens in the room. (damnnn lol)

-Jadakiss told Benzino at a radio station to shut da fuck up for tying to make Jada beef wit Eminem, where Jada said he's friends with Eminem.

-Lauryn Hill was the first woman to nominated for 10 awards in Grammy history, and won 5 of them, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Doo Wop"), Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song (songwriter).

-In 1996, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony break the record for fastest rising single with their hit "Tha Crossroads", the spot was previously held by The Beatles for "Can't Buy Me Love".

-Trick Trick was framed for murder by corrupt cops but beat the case.

-Eminem has an unreleased diss to Suge Knight.

-50's first jumpoff was that Onyx joint React in 97. How To Rob was in the movie In Too Deep and appeared on the soundtrack. This was his first major exposure as an artist also he had another song on the soundtrack called Rowdy Rowdy.

-Banks left his cd in a bitches car and thats why the advance got leaked so early. Source: Joe Budden on Dumb Out

-Tommy Boy Records were goin to sign Wu-Tang Clan but then drop the Wu for House Of Pain, true fact. (LMAO)

-Pras saved ODB from a pyrotechnics accident at the 98 mtv awards. Later that year odb saved a woman from a car accident.

-Grand Wizard Theodore (DJ Mean Gene's brother) is the creator of the scratch and needle drop. As the legend goes Theo was at home practicing on his turntables, and created these moves purely by accident. His mom came into his room asking him to turn down the music, and he held the record with his hand. He moved it back and forth and the rest is HipHop history.

-In the 50's graffiti was used by gangs to denote territory.

-First person to start taggin was a mailman named Vic he wanted to ride every subway in NYC so he wrote his name and id number on ever subway and bus: VIC 238746 and that shit just caught on but the person to make tagging/graffiti famous was a greek teenager from washington hieghts named dimetrious his tag was TAKI 183.

-Loaded Lux Brother robbed Murder Mook and his brother after hearing mook was talking shit about loaded lux around harlem saying " he won the smack battle".

-Jay-z is cory gunz god father.

-Peter Gunz caught 3 bodies 2 years ago in the bronx.

-Cam'ron once weighted 340 cause he went into a lil depression for getting dropped. Then he got a ulcer or a somthing which made him drop alot of weight later he signed to Rocafella.

-Nas cuzin is a well know crip in nyc who has status.

-Nas did a song with 50 cent 3 1/2 years ago and Nas helped 50 write his verse.

-Surpreme one time slaped 50 infront of his building for fucking up some sales.

-50 Cent got kicked out his high school for selling drugs.

-Cory Gunz ghost wrote that verse for Shaq dissin Skillz. Cory did it for the shaq money.

-Saigon been in and out of jail mostly his whole life.

-Cam'ron and Lil Cease had a one on one fight in Bad Boy offices.

-Cam'ron is half black and half Panamanian

-Cam'ron owned a liquir store with his mother

-Cam'ron went to texas state college to play basketball. Him and Mase dreamed to make it into the nba.

-Murder Mook was a star high school player who had a scholarship before getting into rap. (lol what an idiot)

-Styles P stabbed a guy in the club in the ass for talking shit.

-Some people in the game that have alot of RESPECT really have ghost writers.

-Papoose was gonna slap DJ Klay slay outside of Hot97 cause DJ Klay Slay wasnt giving him a chance to listen to some of his stuff. Papoose ran up on klay slay real mad and klay slay said "you know what im gonna take your demo but if you not hot im coming back to look for you so i can fuck you up myself for wasteing my time" That same night klay slay called up papoose and signed him the very next day cause the shit was fire.

-True Life robed Prodigy in a studio cause Prodigy used a verse that was suppose to be on Tru Life's album.

-Tru Life went to jail for driving under the influence.

-Soulja Slim And Wacko (UTP) Are Half-Brothers.

-LL Cool J is from Bay Shore LI where he witnessed his dad shoot his house up wit a shotty and kill his moms, thats when he went to live wit he grandparents.

-Bravehearts beat the shit outta some rappers for talkin bad bout Ill Will.

-P got some of his boys to take his chain cuz he had mad insurance on it the first time, every other time it was on him.

-Havoc can walk around qb without protection off the strength of his dead bro killa black.

-Nas dropped out of school because he was in love with a ho that was addicted to coke.

-MC Hammer blew like 10k lookin for someone in some helicopters cuz they killed his fam.

-Dmx was introduced to crack by his uncle pinky when he was 15.

-Eric B and Rakim have so many connections to major drug dealers check the back of Paid In Full you will see the original 50 cent.

-In 2003 Jay-Z's fav album was Kool G Rap - Click Of Respect.

-Black Eyed Peas released an album on Ruthless Records under the name of Atban Klan in 1992.

-Ice-T got into acting when Mario Van Peebles appraoched him in a club "ICE T: I got into acting kinda funny. I was in a club with some girl models when Mario Van Peebles walked over to me. He said 'I want you to be in a movie' and I was thinking, 'yeah right, you just wanna get down [with the girls]' The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop. I was like 'do I gotta own slaves too?."

-Fat Joe got the nickname Joey Crack because back in his school days when his teacher called on him to write somehting on the chalk board, his a** crack used to show when he did it, and the nickname stuck with him. He said it in Vibe Magazine (the one with Faith on the front).

-Lil Jon & Juvenile are both from middle class families and both have degrees from college

-The Eastside Boys have left Lil Jon over not getting paid by TvT and blaming him.

-Finsta (of finsta bundy fame) was originally supposed to be the lead MC in Black Moon but Buckshot was really jealous at how nice Finsta was and he started some drama and eventually got him kicked outta the crew. Some say that they battled to see who would be the lead MC in the crew, but that's just a lie made to make Buck not look like a little bitch.

-Back in like 95-96, the local news in bk reported that smoothe da hustler got shot in the streets over a drug deal and they even showed a picture of him, claiming he was dead. Dude was fucking some bitch at a motel when it happened, his brother, trigger and his mom thought nigga was dead though.

-Cappadonna spent 8 years in jail thats why he wasnt on da first Wu album, he came out when Rae was makin his album.

-Also U-God did 2 years right after Enter The 36 chambers Wu first album.

-Jay-Z and GZA had a battle. GZA won but Jigga said in an interview with Sway, that he battled GZA (refered to as The Genius) and hinted that he actually won the bout. On Clinton Sparks Mixtape Anger Manager Tour 3 mixtape some talked about the battle and they said GZA won.

-Kadafi memeber of Outlawz was killed by Napoleon cousin, they got into an fight outside a friend home where napoleon cousin shot him in the head. Napoleon cousin is in jail till this day and also the reason Fatal left the group was cos the rest of the Outlawz forgave Napoleon's cousin, known to be true.

-Week before 2pac died, he got into a fight with Fatal becourse he took Pac's car out and crashed it, 2pac sent him back to Jersey.

-2pac told Outlawz not to sign to Death Row many times, after pac's death Outlawz sign to Death Row another reason why Fatal left becourse Pac told them not to.

-2pac beef with Snoop started when Snoop questioned Pac about who he was dissin not to involve everyone into his beef.

-2pac was a big fan of Wu-Tang and wanted to work with the whole clan.

-2pac called Dru Ha (CEO of Duck Down Records) to ask the whole boot camp clik to come to LA to make an album.

-Warcloud of The Black Knights and Killarmys 9th prince got into a fight that lasted 1 hour.

-ODB took his family in a limo to collect Welfair, very true documented on MTV.

-In 2pac's Makaveli they diss Xzibit where the lines go "If u aint in it for money, what the fuck u rappin for?" refering to Xzibit's "Paparazzi". Xzibit and Outlawz sqush the beef later on.

-MF Doom and KRS1 thought about starting a group together but it never happened because MF Doom declined.

-DMX ad KRS1 were homeless.

-Rass Kass isnt the only artist that has accused Alchemist of selling the same beat twice.

-Lil Wayne shot himself by accident.

-Ja Rule used to be in his own crew called Cash Money.

-Phonte and Nicolay did the whole "Connected" album without ever seeing each other.

-Chris Webber produces hip hop songs under an alias.

-When mase was performing at a westwood show in london he had to leave the stage because the crowd started chanting Wu tang, this is fact.

-The first epmd album was recorded in 3 hours.

-In XXL it explains that 50 wasnt the one who started saying Wanksta. Jungle was with 50 and they were tryna get him to smoke some weed and 50 didnt want to, and so the guy was like "damn, you a wanksta then."

-The Game was originally discovered at a talent showcase by SF Bay Area producer JT the Bigga Figga, who immediately signed him to his GetLow/BlackWallStreet Label. When The Game left JT to be signed by Dr. Dre and join G-Unit he began using the BlackWallStreet label and name as if it was his own company. JT responded by witholding the release of the Game's first album (Untold Story) until he had already been promoted by Aftermath and Dr. Dre. He released it once Game became popular and compiled ANOTHER album (without Game's permission but sound under contract) showing Game on the cover as he had looked before signing to Aftermath (no tattoos). JT made hundreds of thousands capitalizing on Aftermaths promotion in this way and marketing Game's material late. Game got an estimated $25,000 for BOTH albums.

-On 36 Chambers in the song "Da Mystery of Chessboxin", Masta Killa and Killah Priest where given the chance to get the honor of the last verse. Killa Priest stayed up all night and gave up when he heard Masta Killa's first lines "If homicide is illegal and death is the penalty/What justifies the crime when he dies?//" and Masta Killa got the last verse.

-Blinky Blink broke a table over Canibus's head.

-Will Smith aka the fresh prince turned down the matrix to be in wild wild west.

-Grandmaster Flash is a Bajan, he was born in Barbados.

-Game supposedly got beaten the shit out of him in Manchester. Apparently the guy said to Game "You're in my hood now". Game reponded "I respect that, but yo I'm from Compton", to which the guy responded "Fuck Compton". The Game then tried to swing, and then got swiftly dealt with by the guy. Supposedly the guy that banged up Game was like 5'5"/5'7" and stocky.

-Method Man said on MTV in 2003 that Snoop Dogg was a bad actor. Snoop said the beef was official wit method but before it got started they both drop da beef, true fact.

-D12 bashed rapper Esham at wrap tour in 2001, true fact. They jumped him and his boys and it was real pussy. It was like 60 against 10. Esham was so stomped out, dude suffers a fucked up eye, ear and other things. Eminem wasnt involved cos he's actually a fan of Esham.

-The reason Cormega and Nas had beef is because Nas ratted on all of the firm so he could get all there money after Illmatic, thats why they where all locked up.

-March 3rd,1983 was declared hip hop day in new york city.

-It wasn't actually Jay who wanted L on the ROC. Dame was the one negotiating a deal with L but L wouldn't sign with the ROC unless it was a group deal. He had a crew with mcgruff and c-town called the wolfpack and he wanted a deal for them, but Dame only wanted L so L refused. After the intial talks, Dame may have finally offered the group deal but last i heard L was leaning towards staying independent so his boys could get on as well.

-DIPSET had a shoot-out from their tour bus in Boston. Big Tigga asked Cam bout it on rap city, and Cam said he couldnt comment.

-Bow Wow was raped by one of his security guards.

-2pac was seeing Mariah Carey at stage but it didnt last, true fact.

-Jay, Ja Rule and DMX formed a group in 1999 called Murder INC and were set to come out with an album but they broke up after cos they didnt get along. Yhey had one song on The Streets Are Watching soundtrack, they were also on the cover of XXL back in 1999.

-When Chino XL had beef with Pac, there was a shooting at his daughters birthday party.

-Many people were signed to G Unit, but they got dropped because things wouldnt work out. IIRC, D-Tay was signed to G Unit and dude got his spinner robbed and he got dropped as fast as possible.

-DMX has asthma and he listens to no rappers except for himself: "I don't sit there listening to Pac. I heard him before, but I listen to no one but myself.. I knew I was going the right way. So what the **** I'ma be influenced by someone else for? I know where I'm going, man! I just listen to myself. That way I know whatever I say is totally original and ain't been influenced by nobody." - DMX, XXL, October 2003

-MF Grimm was shot several times and he was paralyzed. He regained some nerves and IIRC, he doesn't need to use the wheel chair anymore

-Talib Kweli threatened this kid for leaking some of the beautiful struggle on a message board tellin the kid something like: I'll find you and you will be dealt wit.

-Supposedly Styles P, Jadakiss and DMX went to the same highschool.

-Nature and Cormega had real life beef, not just on wax. In a fight, cormega bit nature.

-Kanye West ghost produced "Stir Crazy" for Eminem.

-Scott Storch and Mel Man ghost produced Still Dre.

-Tupac once attacked a rival rapper in the middle of a concert with a baseball bat.

-At Royce Da 5'9"'s birthday party a few years ago, he and his group were attacked by Proof's former posse.

-Insane Clown Posse was orginally a street gang called the Inner City Posse. The gang was destroyed but several of the original members started a well-know gang in Detroit.

-Dead Prez were arrested several times only to find out each time there was no reason behind the arrest.

-Blaze was once stabbed by Myzery.

-Mars once beat a pregnant women nearly to death.

-Some of Esham's albums are banned in Detroit.

-Tupac and Yaki Kadafi are half-brothers.

-Royce Da 5'9" squased his beef with Proof in a prision cell after both were arrested for a street fight.

-Defari is a real high school teacher, and retired from rapping to become a full time teacher.

-DJ Premier stole his first set of turntables.

-LL was in the crowd of a Kool Moe Dee show in michigan and challenged LL but LL declined and left.

-Jae Mills use to work for american eagle.

-Eazy-E had dinner with George Bush.

-Most of State Prop got their style from the Major Figgas.

-Snoop Dogg went to school with Cameron Diaz.

-2pac beat down one of the directors who directed menace 2 society after they shafted him for the lead role. menace 2 society say it was Pac's ppls that did, Pac just ordered it.

-A group of armed lunatics broke into Parish Smith aka PMD's house to deliver a beat down, but beat down his friend instead because Parish wasn't there. The goons said it was Erick Sermon who sent them. Parish waited a while, recording an episode of the tonight show with EMPD and Das Efx then went back to new york and filed charges against Erick Sermon, then they announced the breakup. Erick Sermon had a nervous break down and was told to leave NY and take time off in Atlanta by MC Breed. Eric Sermon had 2milli when he was in NY but by the time he left NY he had 2grand and a credit card to his name.

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-Tupac hit Snoop in the jaw for talkin shit about him when he first came on the Row. Snoop was the best Emcee on Death Row then when Tupac came on board he started hating.

-West Coast Connect Vs.Cypress Hill got out of hand that some members of Mexican Mafia where going to get invovled for Cypress but West Conn decided to squash it.

-At a Buckwild recording session for da song "4 my peeps" ft. Biggie, RA the rugged man, MOP and Akinyele. RA the rugged man had a friend in da studio dat was so drunk he asked biggie to slap him as hard as he can so Biggie did it. Smacked the shit outta him, u could see big ass welts on da dudes face. Buckwild said it looked like a mold of Biggies hand on his right cheek, true fact. (lmao)

-Bizarre once scraped with Esham in Detroit, the result was Esham had a ruptured eyeball, concusion, and loss of hearing in his left ear.

-Ras Kass accused Alchemist of sellin the same beats more then once.

-Tupac did the Song "God Blessed the Dead" in tribute to Biggie before he died.

-Neptunes stole the beat "Excuse Me Miss"(remix) from a producer in Canada and also stole another beat from some guy from Austin.

-Ice Cube wrote almost all the ryhmes to 1st Eazy E solo Album.

-Big Pun said he wouldn't do anything with Fat Joe unless Cuban Link was there.

-Eminem was an ICP fan before the beef.

-Ice Cube and Mack 10 aren't homiez anymore.

-Dub C does not like Snoop cause he says he ain't a real Crip.

-Dre put a restraining order on Suge Knight.

-Tupac was friends with Jada Pinkett before they made it big.

-DJ Jazzy Jeff was one of the first DJ's to carry his own needles.

-Kid Frost apparently has aids.

-Scott Storch hooked up with Lil Kim because he was a huge Biggie Fan.

-Supposedly Lil Kim swallowed 9oz of cum, they had to pump her stomach.

-Biggie was sitting down while laying the track "Somebody's Gotta Die"cos of the car accident he got into.

-Eric Sermon jumped out of a 3 or 4 story building cos he was banging some married man's wife, when he showed up. E was like fuck it and jumped he almost died by busting his head wide open. There are hospital and police records to back this up, rumor has it Sermon wasnt bangin a woman, he was bangin a man. He jumped out the window cos some homeboys showed up and he didnt want to get outed as a fag.

-Eric Sermon had Parish robbed, that's why they fell out.

-Before Trina started rapping she used to be a Real Estate agent, true story.

-J-bo from Youngbloodz is the cousin of Andre3000 from Outkast.

-Jay Z stole his name from Jaz-O and also cos ppl in Marcy use to say he was so "jazzy".

-Prodigy was living in a trailer back in 03, he owed Loud Records alot of money.

Alchemist did some beats on Cypress Hill: Temple Of Boom Album.

-50 was signed to Columbia Records then dropped cos they saw him as trouble.

-Before Eminem made it and was living in Detroit, a crack head broke into his house twice and making himself a sandwhich while lounging at his crib. Same dude accidently left his coat so he came back to get the coat.

-Too Short never toured the East Coast til mid 90's.

-Ice T was actually a Pimp in the 80's.

-Warren G is Dr Dre's Half brother.

-Biz Markie met Big Daddy Kane in HS.

-Mister Cee was Big Daddy Kane's DJ before Biggie.

-Steady B (boogie down crew) and his rap partner (forgot his name) robbed a bank once, their record relations went sour and they were dead broke. During the bank robbery, his partner in crime accidently shot a female officer, sending Steady B and the other dude to 75+ years in prision.

-RZA stole most of his early producing tools (keyboard, etc.)

-The same girl who broke RZA's virginity taught him how to play chess. (lol)

-Masta Killa started rapping not long before he joined the Wu.

-GZA didn't want to be on TRIUMPH after he heard Inspectah Deck's verse (I think it was Inspectah Deck). GZA was so blown away by his verse, that he felt he couldn't touch it all.

-The Sugarhill Gang was originally a boy band.

-Kool Keith has spent time in a mental hospital.

-Mobb Deep use to be known as poetical prophets and did afrocentric rap.

-Willie Dee from the Geto Boys knocked out Grandmaster Melle Mmel in a Bronx boxing tournament.

-Bushwick Bill's girl shot him in his head, popping his one eye while she was on some drugs. Bushwick Bill survived and that's the reason why he has that eyepatch. Bushwick Bill also lives in a trailor and travels around the country.

-Biggie was suppose to leave LA early to promote in london but decided to stay in LA because he enjoyed the city, he was later murdered.

-Mr.Lif use to be a second grade teacher.

-Mase was the first rapper to get a million dollar contract.

-Dre didn't like Snoop's rapping at first when they met.

-Krayzie Bone is singing "gangsta party" on the track but was uncredited.

-Canibus is allergic to sea food.

-Just Blaze got into producing to buy video games.

-Swizz Beatz was gonna be taught how to produce by Irv Gotti but Irv never got around to it, so Swizz learned on his own.

-Suge Knight told Jermain Dupri to leave in five minutes when they met at a nightclub.

-Beans use to own a hot dog stand.

-Eminem took Young Zee and Pacewon's verses off Amityville because they wouldn't change them.

-Young Zee and Rah Digga are married and have a child together.

-The Outsiderz use to let Eminem sleep on their floor when he was broke.

-Kid Rock sent a demo to Bad Boy and Nelly sent a demo to Rocafella and So So Def, both were turned down. the A&R's at Roc-a-Fella and Bad Boy were then fired.

-MC Hammer apparently dissed Redman in a track somewhere.

-DMX thought Biggie was soft seeing Biggie act playful in the studio.

-Twista's first two albums went gold with nearly no promotion.

-RZA cut up about 7 records to make "Knowledge God" on Raekwon's debut.

-Raekwon and Biggie had beef, but it never escalated.

-Method Man used to work at the statue of liberty for $120 a week.

-A Source artist (pictures and stuff) was going home one day when a black van pulled up (Wu-tang) and Masta Killa asked if he was "name" and he said yes, then he was punched by Masta Killa and threatened.

-Camron use to have IBS (irital bowel syndrome) which causes the person to have uncontrolable bowel movments. During a preformance of horse & carrige Camron shit himself and ran off stage. Jimmy Kimmel made cracks about it when Cam was on the show. (lmao)

-Tupac once heard a group of people were looking for him, so he went home, strapped his ass with every gun he had, knocked on their door, and yelled, "YOU LOOKIN' FOR ME?". They respected him for that...

-Jay-Z has one brother and two sisters, he was raised in the (infamous) Marcy Projects, he attended the same Brooklyn high school as Biggie Smalls and Busta Rhymes, Shawn's parents got a divorce when he was 12.

-Before blowing up, Jay-Z worked as a cashier at a Kentucky Fried Chicken where he met future collaborator, Memphis Bleek .

-Shawn started hustling at the age of 16 to help finance his love of making records. His first recordings were with underground sensation Big Jaz.

-Jay-Z didn't have any substantial success until he did for himself. At the urging of entrepreneur Damon Dash (fiancée to the late Aaliyah), Jay-Z set-up a Roc-A-Fella imprint in 1996 with Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke as partners.

-Redman and Method Man met at a kriss kross album release party.

-Scarface was ordered to stop touring after his heart attack but kept doing shows.

-In honor of OJ Simpson, Doris Jackson (cube's mom) named cube O'shea Jackson so his innitals would be OJ.

-Dr. Dre's name came from Julius Irving, his favorite basketball player.

-Missy Elliot scored 170 on her IQ test, certified genius.

-When Ice Cube was 16 he was in a group called CIA and Dre produced for them.

-Eazy-E was going to work at the post office if rap did not work for him since he wanted to live legit.

-Swifty replaced Bugz after he died. (?)

-Redman whooped a sound technican's ass when he had technical problems with his tv the technician would not cover.

-Nas recorded his first demo tape in 1989.

-Heads started referring to Nas as "Nasty" and it became his nickname.

-Apparently Busta Rhymes called the police when his ex-girlfriend came to his crib with a copy of keys and did 2000+ dollars in damage. She also pulled out Busta's current girlfriends hair.

-Prodigy has sickle cell anemia.

-Masta Killa once punched out a reporter for NBC (just before Wu-Tang Forever dropped). The reporter asked him "when is you next album coming out?", and he replied "when you wake up" and knocked them out. (lmao wtf)

-GZA doesn't do solo performances.

-ODB was once arrested for stealing a shoe, not a pair, just one shoe. (dammmn)

-Joe Buddens brother pulled a gun on him over a sandwich. (lol again wtf)

-Soulja Slim was once signed to Cash Money records

-The sex skit on Biggy Smalls "Life After Death" he was actually in the studio bangin some chick.

-The Only Built 4 Cuban Linx title comes from the chains that Rae and Ghost use to rock.

-The original name of OB4CL was "Only Built For Cuban Linx Ni**az",

-Nas's full name is Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones

-Camron pulled a gun out on his doctors because he kept coming to the hospital and he was never told what was wrong with him.

-Brotha Lynch always claims to be "half dead" because he was shot in the head, and they can't find the bullet.

-During A Tribe Called Quest's peak, they were making a very decent amount of money from record sales, shows and appearences, but Q-Tip still had to sleep on his Mother's living room floor because he had no money after paying agent, manager and lawyer fees.

-Necro and his brother Ill Bill were raised by their Uncle Howie, who would shoot up heroin everynight and pass out in front of them.

-It only cost Benefit $27.00 to make his first and only album, and he got $5,000 for winning a Napster contest ran by Chuck D.

-Cage made his first album "Movies For The Blind" while working at Burger King, high on PCP.

-MCA from The Beastie Boys had a fling with Madonna.

-Violent J of ICP used to shit his pants quite often during school, then would be eventually chased around campus with his soiled underwear by bullies.

-The Common/Ice Cube beef started over one single line in one of Common's songs. The line wasn't even directed towards the west coast negatively. There really was no big beef between the two rappers, which is why the beef simply ended after a sitdown talk.

-50 cent supposedly put on a restraining order on all of Murder Inc after he was stabbed in the studio by Black Child.

-Kanye West dissed Ras Kass. Kanye said in a German Rap magazine that Ras is a damn good lyricist, but he has shitty beats and doesn't sell good.

-Jermaine Dupri, along with T.I. wrote Bow Wow's songs, and still does.

-Nas and Cornmega didn't get along because of Cornmega fronting about what he does in the hood.

-The Def Squad was one of the first groups to be signed to Def Jam Records.

-P.diddy dislikes Styles P and Jadakiss, which is why most of the time Sheek Louch begins a D Block track. Puff loves his style.

-People didn't know who 50 Cent was even after "How to rob" came out. Jay-Z put his name out inadvertandly at Summer Jam when he dissed 50 on "It's Hott". 50 was thankful.

-Will Smith doesn't curse in his raps as a promise he made to his late grandma. Who found his first rhyme book filled with lyrics containing curses and the normal gangsta stuff.

-One of the reasons Cam'ron hates Mase is because Mase was orginally gonna put him on until he went to Atlanta to find god.

-Out of all of State Property, The Young Gunz are from the roughest part of philly.

-Lil Jon used to work on So-So Def.

-Dr. Dre started off by producing for a boy band.

-Lil Scrappy has been beaten up in the club and around Atlanta many times. Most of the time by women.

-When Dead Prez were on a plane, Stic.Man was told to turn off his Walkman before the plane took off. He denied, and they got arrested.

-Where styles originated from:
FAST RHYMING - Busta Rhymes, Treacherous 3, Soul Sonic Force

MC POPPIN / TRIPLE RHYMES STYLE/SWING STYLE - Bone Thugs, MC Globe, Soul Sonic Force
Globe used old swing and scat style jazz riffs, he would scat on a tape and then write rhymes to his scattin.
"Planet rock", "Lookin for the Perfect Beat" by: Soul Sonic Force

GRUNGY DIRTY VOCAL STYLE - Dmx, Method Man, Ja Rue, J D L from the cold crush 4 mc's
This is'nt a lyrical style, but a style of vocal delivery and cadence that certain mc's have naturally.
"Old Mc tapes from the 70's", "Fresh, Fly, Wild, Bold" by: Cold Crush 4 mc's

CALM / MONO TONED VOCALS AND STYLE - Rakim, Nas, Rahiem from Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5 mc's, he did it first.
"The Message" by: Furiuos 5 Mc's

KNOWLEDGE RHYMES / POLITICAL RHYMES - KRS ONE, Public Enemy, Mellie Mel, Furious 5
Mel was always dropin bombs.
"Worls War 3", "Beat Street" by: Furious 5 Mc's

STORY TELLING - Slick Rick, Grand master Caz, La Sunshine
They did'nt create it, but they had two classic story rhymes that were famous back in the days, that eventually lead to a Slick Rick style
"Fat Lady Rhyme" by: LA Sunshine
"Eyvette rhyme" Wild Style Soundtrack by: Grand Master Caz

RUTENES - Jurasic 5, Arsonist, Furious 5, Cold Crush 4, Fantastic 5, and all old school crews from the 70's
This was part of the main formatt of every MC show, rutenes, rhymes, and dance as well.
"Wild Style Soundtrack" by: Various crews
"Flash to the Beat" by: Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5 Mc's

GANGSTA RAP - NWA, Kool G Rap, Just Ice
These east and west coast MC's expressed there thugish ways on wax.
"Straight Outta Compton" by: N.W.A.
"Road to the Riches" by: Kool G Rap

PARTY STYLE / CROWD PLEASER - Luv Bug Starski, Buzy Bee
Back in the days these two mc's were the best at crowd pleasing.

COMIC BOOK STYLE / CRAZY WORD PLAY - Pharoe Monch, Kool Kieth, Sed Gee (Ultra Magnetic mc's)
Kool Kieth said some of the illest and funniest shit.
"Ultramagnetic MC's"

INTELECTUAL STYLE - Kool Moe Dee, T la Rock, Special K
Kool moe Dee was the epitome of intellect.
"Kool Moe Dee"

SMOOTH STYLE - Big Daddy Kane, Jay Z, Grand master Caz (Cold Crush 4 MC's), Whiper Whip (Fantastic 5 MC's)
Caz was the coolest on the mic.

TWO MAN RUTENE STYLE / DUO'S - RunDMC, Salt & Pepper (the original Whip, and Data rock, NOT THE GIRLS), Double Trouble (Lil Rodney c, KK Rockwell)
Masters of two man rutenes and trading back and forth.
"Double Trouble " Wild Style Soundtrack

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-When Murda Muzik was being made (1999 release), Prodigy had already begun work on his solo album HNIC (2000 release).

-Mobb Deep's Quiet Storm track was meant for Prodigy's Solo Album HNIC which was to be released after the Murda Muzik album, but instead they kept it for Mobb Deep Album.

-When Havoc was producing a beat of Biggies 2nd album, he lost the beat and had to make another, he said in Scratch magazine w/ Lil Jon cover, back then he didnt save his beats on disc.

-Jungle of bravehearts said Havoc used to write rhymes for P (not ghostwritting) back in the ealy 90's and prodigy taught Havoc how to make beats, crazy how it flipped.

-The graffiti Writer Dez is DJ Kay Slay, that was his tag name in style wars.

-Eazy-E signed Black Eyed Peas to Ruthless Records in 93 but got dropped later on, true fact.

-The new Smiff n Wessun/Sean Price/9th Wonder cd's were all designed by ECKO.

-The first double rap cd released was not "All Eyez On Me" from tupac, but was Judgement Day Vol 1 and 2 released by Esham in 1992.

-A1 Yola by Esham was the first album to feature a music video for every song released april 19th 2005, 5 months prior to the re-release of The Massacre.

-Raekwon and Ghostface were rival crack dealers before Wu was formed. Beef settled cos they were both mates wit GZA and he brought them 2 together with hip-hop saying they should give up the shit and rhyme cos they good and would make more mone 'cos dollars make sense'.

-Before B.G did Bling Lil Wayne said it on 400 degreez.

-Univeral wanted to sign Cash Money Records in 96 or 97 but Cash Money turned it down cos they didnt like the deal so they went and sold more records independent , Universal later came back offered them the now famous 30 mil deal.

-MiaX was in a group with Mannie Fresh.

-Master P paid for 50 Cent's first tour, true fact.

-Juvenile's 400 Degreez origanlly had the track Soulja Rags on it.

-Jay Z and Master P were on the same label in 96, Priority.

-Nas cryed when 2pac dissed him and got punkd by Snoop and his crew in NY.

-Back in 05 Lil Wayne was studying Sports Management at the University of Houston.

-Birdman is Lil Wayne's surrogate father

-Tupac didn't go to jail til he got famous.

-Tupac has over 140 songs that still haven't been released.

-Jay Z and Biggie when recording "Brooklyn Finest" was like competition since none of them had written material.

-Method Man was the only member of Wu cool with Biggie.

-Biggie, Nas, Wu-Tang all use to perform in same venues before they made it.

-Aaliyah inspired Missy Elliot to Rap, Missy thought she was too chubby.

-Timbaland use to work at Burger King.

-Biggie, Junior Mafia, Tupac and Outlaws once kicked it while recording the song "Running From the Police" which of course is now called Runnin.

-Nas came out on "In Too Deep" in the begining but was not in credits.

-Kanye West met Just Blaze thru No ID before they made it big.

-Kanye West sings the hook on "Guess who's Back" track with Scarface and Jay.

-Mathematics has done alot of Wu-Tang beats but doesn't get credit.

-9th Wonder uses Fruity Loops to makes beat, no MPC.

-MTV and BET refuse to play Little Brothers video.

-Lil Flip does not like Paul Wall for some reason he claims they have the same tatt. Wall was on Flip's nuts all the time, Flip gave him one deal. Wall was allowed to chop and screw one album and Paul Wall was on Flips nuts. So when Flip got shot, Wall tatted a pic of Flip on his right arm, that was his way off showing some love and respect. Flip states this as "Mad homo and such gay shit". Wall also fucked with Flip's enemy T.I. which was kinda disrespectful, since he has Flip tatted on him.

-Game was in an N.W.A video back in the days. (does anyone kno which one?)

-Raekwon wanted to Battle Biggie but Puffy said that was uncalled for.

-T.I. didn't start off trap. Back in high school, he was just one of those kids that "does things just to be bad". He stratted selling drugs by choice. He got most of his money from Tiny (his baby mama) of the rnb group Xscape.

-Outkast met one day in high school when they both noticed each others very weird haircuts. They spent lunch time battling each other.

-Keith Murray owns one of OJ Simpsons actual buffolo bills jersey. He recived it as a gift after he got out of jail.

-Joe Budden used to be severely addicted to PCP and went to rehab for it.

-Lord Finesse originally helped put both Fat Joe and Big L on. They were both in D.I.T.C.

-Half of illmatic was nas' demo tape except fot Halftime, which was featured first on the 'Zebrahead' OST (released in 1992). NY State of Mind was recorded after he was signed to Columbia.

-I'm Just a Villian was suppose to be the 11th track on illmatic.

-Hype Williams once said he won't even listen to you if your video budget is under a million bucks. Now he only gets 400k per video (prolly why Forever was so shit lol)

-2pac is the only artist to have a number one album while in prision.

-Will Smith was the first multiplatinum rap artist and first to win a Grammy.

-Beastie Boys were the first act to debut at #1.

-Sugarhill Gang was first to have a gold rap single.

-kanye West was originally going to sign to capitol records. Joe 3H was going to sign him but the label passed on him.

-Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip demand a bucket of KFC and condoms when they preform.

-BDK wrote most of Biz Markie's album "Going Off" and wrote Roxanne Shante's diss to BDP "Have a Nice Day".

-MC Hammer was the first rapper to have an album 10x platnium.

-Cypress Hill was the first latino rap group to go platinum.

-Cee-Lo was in the original Outkast but backed out, so was Mr DJ and Big Rube.

-Player's Ball was originally a christmas song complete with jingle bells and shit but it was changed because La Face thought it was hot enough for another version. (lol good thing they changed it)

-Big Bank Hank bit the line "i'm the c-a-s-a-n-o-v-a and the rest is f-l-y" from Grandmaster Caz; Caz used to spit that line at battles and Caz is short for casanova.

-Kool Herc started hip-hop in a park between two project buildings and he used to play records and "break them up" by skipping various bits and starting the records again, people used to call them music breaks; thats where break beats came from.

-The Sugarhill Gang didn't really know each other, they where selected by that person who found them, dunno the name.

-Taki 183 didn't invent graffiti, a mailman did. Taki only made it popular.

-3 6 Mafia steals unsigned producers beats and sells them to other artist:
i.e. I-20 - Hennesy and Hydro
Ludacris - Diamond in the Back

-Method Man's Tical prequel took 7 years to drop, every year it kept gettin pushed back.

-Sticky Fingaz was signed to Aftermath, he was gonna have a hot album commin out and was spose to be on Dr Dre's Chronic 2001 but Universal offered him a deal with more money which Sticky left Aftermath for and his album flopped. Dre really wanted to work with him but he got greedy. "Black Trash" is a great album, but it didn't sell hardly anything due to HUGE bootlegging amongst other things.

-At the Miami nightspot Prive, Benzino had his chain yapped by some dude. The guys took off running, but security quickly grabbed him. The security in VIP later found the fist medallion and took it to the pawn shop. His piece wasn't worth more than $200. It was a bunch of metals all melt together, not platinum and ice worth $25,000

-PushaT and Malice of Clipse are not twins, or even that close in age. One is six years older than the other. They live in a big ass house. The younger cat has a box porsche and the other has a black hummer. Lord Willing was not their first album. they had a big single out here called "The Funeral" on an album called "Exclusive Audio Footage" which was never officially released because of heavy bootlegging on the street and even more on the internet.

-The younger dude in the Clipse was a hustler, but the older one apparently went to Morehouse College.

-Nicole Wray and Missy are from the same city Portsmouth Virginia. Pharell is from Virginia Beach, Magoo is from Portsmouth, and Timbaland is from Richmond and moved to 757 area later on.

-Pharell really does skateboard its not just an image. Ppl have seen him actually go outside on the ramps and skateboard. Pharell is no taller than 5'6 and wears the same shit in the videos in real life, chains included nothing is rented.

-Missy was in a group called Sista way back in early 90's. They killed mad talent shows when they went to Wilson high school back when that was still up but all of them were ugly as hell though.

-Grandmaster Flash is a certified electrician and improved the mixer by adding the cue function, thus enabling you to hear the other channel while one channel was playing. That's how he was able to do "Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel".

-In 2001, Suge Knight was released from prison and tried to re-start his label by signing new artists such as Crooked I, Tha Realist, Eastwood, and, under the pseudonym "N.I.N.A.", the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC, before her untimely death in a car accident in 2002.

-Knight once announced Death Row Records would join with other labels to produce a Christmas hip-hop album to benefit families of soldiers serving in Iraq.

-In Suge's autobiography "American Dream/American Nightmare", he describes his experiences as a bodyguard and rap impresario and relate stories about John F. Kennedy, Jr., Jennifer Lopez, and the "scoop" on Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, as well as his first public statement about the deaths of Tupac and Biggie. Suge has also planned a movie to tell the "real story" of Death Row.

-Throughout his career in the music business, Suge has been both entrepreneurial and charitable. He insisted on owning master recordings, for instance. He also oversaw non-musical businesses that had ties to the gangsta rap way of life, notably the custom auto-hydraulics shop Let Me Ride, named for Dr. Dre's Chronic ode to cruising. At the same time, Suge embarked on ambitious programs some not realized ranging from entertaining single mothers on Mother's Day to caring for soul singers left poor after their careers were finished.

-MC Hammer signed with Death Row Records, then home to Gangsta Rap stars Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. The label did not release any of Hammer's music while he was with them. However, Burrell did record music with Shakur. Their collaborative efforts are yet to be released. After the death of Shakur in 1996, Burrell left the record company.

-U Can't Touch This used:
In an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Used in an ad campaign for anti-bacterial hand cream Purell.
Used by insurance firm Nationwide in a commercial. Hammer himself also starred in the commercial, which spoofs his bankruptcy.
Used in anti-child abuse commercials.
A different version, called 'U Shouldn't Touch This' has been used on Sesame Street to warn children off touching things like electric fences and raw sewage.
An episode of Family Guy, "E. Peterbus Unum", in which Peter Griffin becomes president of Petoria.
Appears in World of Warcraft as Orc Dance (male).
A Pepsi One commercial, "I wanna kick it old school."
Also appeared in a Toyota commercial.
In an episode of South Park.
Used in a hand sanitizer commercial for Lysol (U Can't Touch Germs!)
Used in a commercial for Lay's chips
Played in the movie Bubble Boy
Used in the video game of the movie Shark Tale
Used in the movie "Class Act"(1992)
Used in the movie "Shark Tale" (2004)
Performed live at the MTV Video Music Awards 2005
Used in the movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

-15 Artists Who Debut As Guests:

1. Biz Markie: "Def Fresh Crew" (1986)
-Roxanne Shante
The inhuman orchestra's beatbox rendition of the Meow Mix cat food jingle is one of hip hop's grea recorded moments

2. Sean "Puffy" Combs: "Dolly My Baby (Bad Boy Extended Mix) (1993)
-Super Cat also featuring 3rd Eye, The Notorious B.I.G. & Mary J Blige
Thankfully, Puff Poppa never resucitated the freaky, hyper-grimy flow he displayed on his debut.

3. Cam'Ron: "8 Iz Enuff" (1995)
-Big L also featuring Terra, McGruff, Buddah Bless, Twan, Trooper J & Mike Boogie
No, Killa Kam (as he was known then) didn't rhyme over the TV theme song to Dick Van Patten's hour long family dramedy. But, hey, there's an idea.

4. Del The Funkee Homosapien: "Turn Off The Radio" (1990)
-Ice Cube
At the conclusion of Cube's classic anti-airwave anthem, his Funkee Cousin call in with a special announcement: "I just called to say, 'Fuck The Radio' "

5. Hurricane G: "Tonite's Da Night" (1992)
-Redman
Who could forget this mami with attitude's agitated urging after Reggi's false start? "Yo yo Redman! Man, what the fuck, man? Get off that punk, smooth shit, get on that rough shit-you know how we do!!"

6.Jay-Z: "Hawaiian Sophie" (1989)
-The Jaz
Jigga plays hype man to his Marcy PRojects pal on this touching tale of Pacific island love.

7. The Lady Of Rage: "Total Chaos" & "The Winds Too Def To Die" (1991)
-L.A. Posse
Death Row's first Lady was "discovered" by Dr. Dre off these guest debuts.

8. Lil' Kim: "#!*@ Me" Interlude (1994)
-The Notorious B.I.G.
That's not just any random chick Biggie's making whoopee with-thats Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s own Big Momma!

9. The Lox: "Set It Off" (1994)
-Main Source also featuring Lotto & Shaqueen
A pre-Bad Boy Jadakiss and Sheek join forces with a post-Large Professor Sir Scratch and K-Cut

10. The Notorious B.I.G.: "A Bunch Of Niggas" (1992)
-Heavy D also featuring 3rd Eye, Guru, Rob O, & Busta Rhymes
The future of Bad Boy's funk made his inauspicious first appearace in the middle of this random line up.

11. DJ Premier: "I Keep The Crowd Listening" (1990)
-Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smoth
Preem's voice is heard for the first time on record introducing the Funky Man

12. Q-Tip: "The Promo" (1988)
-The Jungle Brothers
The first in a long line of consummate Absract performances

13. Souls of Mischief & Casual: "Burnt" (1991)
-Del The Funkee Homosapien
Oaktown rhyme snipers blazed through this frenetic first foray

14. Sweet Tee: "One For The Treble" (1984)
-Davy DMX
The Q-borough princess know for "It's My Beat" and "It's Like That, Y'all" made her debut as the cockney-accented rap chick exhorting Davy to rock on

15. 2Pac: "Same Song" (1990)
-Digital Underground
A D.U. dancer at the time, 'Pac proved he could bust a rhyme as well as a move in his world premiere.

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-Heather Hunter has known Primo for years and actually used to cypher with Lil Dap and Melachi of Group Home. She figured with her porno exposure she could sell records so she started spitting but has an army of ghost writers.

-Mobb Deep met in art and design high school in the city and Hav was originally planning to run up on P for his walkman but mutual friends interfered. Their first album Juvenile Hell had beats by Large Professor and a track by Primo called "Cop Hell" that was dropped from the album due to Ice-T's Cop Killa controversy.

-Treach from Naughty By Nature has had beef with everyone from Twista (claims he was lifting his flow) to Jermaine Dupri (claims that jump shit from Kriss Kross came from their shows) and has had numerous friends who he's lost to death including two of his closest road dawgs, 2pac and Eazy E

-Queen Latifah's brother Lance was a state trooper who was a motorcycle fanatic and lost his life when he lost control of his bike during a ride. She wears one of his motorcycle keys as a pendant on a chain on every anniversary of his death.

-Sticky Fingaz and Fredro Starr are cousins who used to work in Nu-Tribe barber shop at Gertz Mall in Jamaica Queens.

-Redman started off in a group with Do It All from Lords of the Underground but they broke up. Believe it or not he was the DJ in the group. Red found Erick sermon in a club and freestyled for him and got him signed. Tame One from Artifacts is also his cousin.

-Ice Cube and Del The Funkee Homosapian are also cousins and is rumored to have wrote for Cube back in the day.

-Khujo from the Goodie Mob fell asleep at the wheel after a video shoot of 23 hours and had his leg amputed.

-B.I.G and Raekwon did have beef with each other and called Big out on the Shark Ni**az skit for OB4CL for biting Nas' album cover and stealing some slang and claiming it as his. Ghost brokered a truce between Big and Rae and there's even a video of Rae and Ghost recieving the news about Bigs death in LA that same night where they were promoting Wu Tang Forever with Ghost and Rae despondant and in shock.

-Suge Knight and Petey Pablo are rumored to have become very cool with each other when Suge strong armed Petey's way out of his long term contact with Jive where he was getting raped for his loyalties and publishing. Timbaland had gotten him signed there and Petey was upset that most of his budget went to cover Timbo's production fees and even after two semi successful albums he was still in debt to the label. Petey was also signed briefly to Def Squad but had a falling out with Erick Eermon and was released and have not spoken since.

-Memphis Bleek has the most fcked up hairline in america. That is why you have never ever ever seen him in public without a cap or doo rag. (lol anyone hava pic without sumthn on his head?)

-Erick Sermon, one of the dopest producers ever, was dropped from J Records after having one of the RIAA'S (recording industry association of america) most played radio single ever "MUSIC". The reason? The Marvin Gaye sample was the most expensive lift ever and whatever profit the song made was used to pay the publishing of the song to it's license holders. That and Ericks dive from a 3 story building led to a quick release. P.S the only producer to have EVER produced a record for Erick Sermon was Just Blaze "React".

-Threat from Jay-Z's black album was done by 9th wonder on the spot. Jay told him he had hundreds of beats to choose from and if he could lace some heat using a sample of R. Kelly's Threat in 30 minutes he would put him on the album. 9th opened his laptop, downloaded the file and introduced the world to Fruity Loops and his expert chopping and filtering. By the time Jay came back from a Memphis Bleek session the song was done and 9th made the album.

-RZA's first classics from the Wu were made in Staten Island Firehouse Studio and 36 Chambers Studio which was a basement in RZA's crib. All of the beats that were to be used on every clan members follow up album to their solos was destroyed in a severe flood in his basement, he had to start from scratch and he said he was forced to start using live instrumentation cause he forget the names of the samples he had used for the tracks and he couldn't do them again exactly the way he wanted too again.

-Mathematics, the Wu producer and official DJ for Method and RZA is from 40 Projects and can be found in Baisley and gets mad respect from the area for being a real thorough and humble dude.

-Primo is originally from Texas and attended Prairie View A&M University and moved to his adopted hometown of Brooklyn in 1989. His original DJ name was Waxmaster C (the c is for Chris his first name.)

-LL cool J and Jaime Foxx got into a fist fight when Jaime tried to upshow LL while filming. Jaime was trying to embarass LL during a scene in the first game where Jaime comes in off the bench to be the QB for the first time, he called LL out and LL stepped to him, they had words and LL snuffed him right above his eye. Jaime was this close to suing cause he felt a scar could ruin his career but was talked out of it and received a settlement to drop the case, spoke on it during his comedy show but never tells the real reason. LL is a pussy though but fronts and uses his position in the game for leverage with the industry cats.

-Nas was discovered by Large Professor and Nas to this day holds undying loyalty to him and still work together on projects. Akinyle used to take a young Nasir to record labels to try and get him signed. MC Serch got Nas signed to an iron clad deal at Columbia that deaded any money to Serch if Nas jumped from the label hence the reason Nas has completed a 10 album deal and is a free agent and the reason that Nas does not acknowledge Serch or even his own verse on the Back to the Grill Again Remix, a Serch joint. Hov was right about the publishing on Takeover though as MC Serch is the principal owner of the publishing but also the reason that Serch's name is mud in certain circles.

-Busta Rhymes old group Leaders of the New School imploded when Busta and group member Charlie Brown got into a wild fist fight when news broke that Busta had inked a solo deal with Elektra and that the group would have to take a back seat while he completed his debut. He accused Busta of being selfish and stealing his character in the group and Busta stated that he was jealous and bitter that he was more talented and loved and that they were checking for Busta and not him.

-Eve's first label was Aftermath but Ruff Ryders bought out her contract and then Aftermath went and got her back when Interscope threatened to cut off funding to future Ruff Ryder projects if they got in the way of her going back to Aftermath. Dre looked out for Ruff Ryders anyway and blessed Dee and Wah with upper 6 digits to let her go.

-Royce Da 5'9 was Eminems original hype man and left him in the middle of his tour to cut a solo record with defunct label Tommy Boy. Royce's manager had criticized Dre in a vibe interview and Dre had banished Em from bringing them to any sessions and Royce caught feelings and distanced himself from Aftermath right around the time Dre was reportedly about to sign Royce to Aftermath. Proof stepped in and Em & Royce had been at odds since then but have recently squashed any ill will when Royce checked in on Slim when he was hospitalized for pill addiction.

-Lil John's first industry gig was A&R for So So Def. Jermaine Dupri got first dibs to sign him but passed saying that the crunk movement was limited.

-2pac only used body gaurds up till the very end, the reason? He didn't trust them saying "why put my life in the hands of a stranger" and rode with his rode dawgs who he had known since his Baltimore and Oakland days and Pac was also known to go places by himself but never ever without a 9 millimeter in his waist and he was certified at the gun ranges being labeled an extremely good shot, proof? The two armed cops he had shot when they were trying to rough up an innocent black man in Atlanta and Pac intervened and they drew their guns, he was acquitted cause they were dirty.

-Russell Simmons started Def Jam out of a one bedroom dorm in NYU with Rick Rubin (yes the same white guy who produced Jay-Z's 99 problems)The first acts to def jam were all signed by Rick Rubin: LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and the ruler Slick Rick and was responsible for getting the Geto Boys their first deal ever to Ricks label Def American but were dropped when controversy surrounded their record due to the lyrics. He sold his half to Russell when he wanted to start producing rock and country and Russell went on to become the mogul he is today.

-The first succesful clothing line by a hip hop entrepenuer: Phat Farm (meaning it is still in production today).

-Diddy was fired by Andre Harrel at Uptown when Puff started being arrogant because he had styled Jodeci and Mary J. Blige first joints and kept saying he was the brains at Uptown. To avoid problems with Puff who was real close with Mary and Jodeci at the time he let Puff take certain acts off the roster with him to start his jump-off Bad Boy. One of the acts released from Uptown? A rapper by the name of Biggie Smalls. Puff was also a back up dancer for Heavy D and the Boyz and in old old videos you can see sean doing the running man and the wop.

-Tommy Boy was a label rappers regreeted signing to so in the end here's how they got out of their contracts: Capone and Noreaga ordered 150 cheesburgers, 50 chicken sandwiches, 50 heros and numerous other things and had them delivered to the label where they were at and had it sent to the attention of the president of the labels name. A notorious cheapskate, once the order was placed he saw the cost of the order was in the thousands and Capone and Noreaga went on tour and were informed he had to pay the bill. Out of fear of reprisals from CNN, instead of sticking them with the bill he released them to Def Jam but only after he got 300 thousand from Lyor Cohen.
Naughty by Nature opened a duffel bag and released 100 snakes and mice on the floor of Tommy Boy's offices where the president who was a woman screamed for her life and Naughty said if she released them she'd call the snakes off. She did and they slid off the label, she considered pressing charges but feared Treach's connects and thugs would come after her so she let it be true story.

-The Genius first single on Cold Chillin/Warner Bros was a bell biv devoe type joint that had GZA as a playa, the album is called Words from the Genious. RZA's first official single was on Tommy Boy as well and his jump off was a song that was called Ohhhh we love you Rakeem. He was mad playful on that shit and he threatened the label as well to get off and went on to form Wu.

-Lil Fame and Billy Danze were originally solo acts when they first got on. A hungry Lil Fame appeared on a compilation in the early 90's called The Hill that's real where he ripped the track up and built a crazy buzz on an otherwise forgetable album. He met Billy Danze during the recording of it and they bonded and the chemistry was so crazy they formed M.O.P.

-On that skit on ready to die with Biggie and Lil Kim were she was yelling crazy shit like "you kentucky fried chicken eating butter biscuit mothafcka" they were SUPPOSEDLY fcking. The producer Easy Mo Bee said Big told him and the engineers to tape newspaper all over the booths window so Kim and Big can go in there and did their thing. At one point some newspaper slid off the booth and an engineer caught Kim's legs in the air and a crazy look at Big's mount rushmore crack. Easy Mo Bee fell off his studio chair laughing and they finished the skit and it now a classic. But Easy Moe Bee said that they used chairs and shit to create that sound. He said they werent really fckin and that Big told Kim to go all out dissin him. It took them a lot of cuts too, this was in XXL mag.

-Big Pun (RIP) who used to go by Big Moon Dog Punisher was rich before he signed a deal. Pun who used to be a slim (for him anyways) 250 lbs was awarded settlement money against the city of New York for a lawsuit where he suffered an accident on a playground and suffered severe damage to his leg. He had the case pending since he was a child and at 19 was awarded an estimated half a million dollars. That also led to his passing though as pun swelled up in his later years from heavy eating and living the fast life and he was known in the bx for having some money.

-Trick Daddy is one of 27 (yea u heard right) children between his mother and father. His momma has 11 children with 10 different men and his father has 16 with a whole bunch of women (damn son that child support must be a muhfcka on his pockets). << lmfao

-Havoc's brother Killa Black comitted suicide in 96. He was a legend in the Bridge and one of the main reasons Hav could still to this day roll up there dolo with little drama but P is another story. He never ever goes back to 40th or 41st without Hav or Tragedy Khadify(Havoc's cousin) because P has gotten into numerous beefs around there over the years and has a rep for running his mouth way too much. Cormega, Littles, Iman Thug and Mussilini from Nore's camp have all had scraps with him as well as Horse from Bravehearts with Hav being the dude to have squashed all of them.

-O.C first appearance ever? Back in 91, Organized Konfusion's (Pharoh Monch and Prince Po) Fudge Pudge single.

-Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddie Foxx and Noreaga had some beef back in the day. Bumpy called him out on a joint from Industry Shakedown where he had said "im sick and tired of these rappers saying whut whut" (remember Nore after superthug was yelling that on every joint he was on?). Nore stepped to him with Murder Unit (Capone was still locked up) and Bumpy got real heated and told him "what the fck you gonna do about it? matter of fact say that shit on a record again and see if i won't come and see you muhfcka". Nore walked away and in the last 5 years has never uttered one whut whut on any record.

-Busta lost his first son (RIP) he was born stillborn and the tat on his right arm is the name he gave his unborn son.

-Jim Jones real name is Agurmella Jones. (lol)

-LL had been offered Jay-Z's president role at Def Jam but refused several times.

-Scarface tried to kill himself. True fact when he was locked up in the mental ward he penned "My mind is playin tricks on me."

-Dr.Dre and Ice Cube were gonna make an album together back in da early 90's called N.W.E. Niggaz Without Eazy.

-Dangelo's "Brown Sugar" is about weed "i met her in philly (philly blunt)" "thats why my eyes always shaded//blood-burgandy'.

-When Kanye West was on TRL he said that the beats he did on the Blueprint he originally wanted Ghostface to have them but Ghost was like on tour or something.

-Pastor Troy's dad is a minister.

-X-Raided is doin 25 to life.

-Master P stole Ice Cream Man from Yukmoth and receives hate from Yukmouth on all of his Cd's.

-Kansas City rappers Fat Tone and Frank Nitty both got murdered.

-The majority of NY rap/hip-hop artists are of islander decent:
B.I.G. - 100% Jaimaican
Jay-Z - father was Jaimaican
Lloyd Banks - half Puerto Rican and black
Havoc - half Jaimaican
Pete Rock - Jamaican
INI - all of them are Jamaican
Heavy D (Pete Rocks cousin) - Jamaican
DJ Kool Herc (The GODFATHER of Hip Hop) - Jamaican
Grandmaster Flash - Barbados
Busta Rhymes - Jamaican
KRS-One - Jamaican
Smiff n Wessun - Jamaican
The Fugess - Haitian
Alicia Keys - 1/2 Jamaican (father)
Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest) - Trinidadian
Mos Def - Trinidadian
Mike Zoot - Jamaican
Kardinal Official - Jamaican
Bushwick Bill - Jamaican
J-Live - 1/2 Haitian (father)
Dove (Dave from De La Soul) - Haitian
Fabolous - Dominican
Sheist Bub - Trini
Merlin Santana - Dominican
Guru (Gangstarr) - Trinidad
Foxy Brown - Trinidad
Kurtis Mantronik (Mantronix) - Jamaican
AZ - Dominican
Slick Rick - Jamaican heritage (parents)
Special Ed - Jamaican
Noreaga - half Puerto Rican (father)
Canibus - Jamaican
DCQ (Mos Def's Brother) - Trinidadian
Chip-Fu (Fu-schnickens) - Trinidadian
Doug E Fresh - Barbados
Luke (2 Live Crew) - Jamaican/Bahamian
DMC - Dominican roots

-Tupac facts:
Tupac was banned from playing in many states because his concerts were wild. His song Initiated on the Daz CD says "My lyrics so lethal turn coliseums to murder scenes." He was sued by a woman who was shot and paralyzed at a concert he held in 1993. She said he got the crowd to rowdy.

Tupac was married to Keisha Morris but the marriage was nullified. In the unreleased song "Ghetto Star" with Bad Azz he says "an addict for a wife, livin the life, of a ghetto star". She has a Tupac tattoo on her arm.

Stretch was Tupac's friend and was there when Pac got shot the first time. He was later killed exactly 1 year to the date of that shooting. Pac says "and to that n*gga that was down for me, rest his head, switched sides guess his new friends wanted him dead."

-Little Known Facts About Tupac's Music:
Tupacs first appearance ever was on Digital Underground's Same Song where he raps wearing West African war clothes in the video.

Tupac started his career on Tommy Boy Records with Digital Underground.

Tupac wrote his hit song "Dear Mama" while in prison.

Tupac was first inspired to rap when a friend of his was killed while he was playing with a gun. His first rap was about gun control.

"I Get Around" was supposed to be on Digital Underground's album. Shock G wound up giving it to Pac and Digital Underground's label, Tommy Boy, wasn't very happy once it turned out to be such a big hit.

"Thug Luv" was just a song that Bizzy, Silk-E-Fine and Tupac were supposed to do but things happened and all of Bone Thugs -n- Harmony came in. Bizzy Bone that Pac came into the studio, wrote his verse in about 10 minutes and then left because he had to go model for Versace. Then he came back and sang with them all laid back.

Tupac had sex with almost all the women during the filming of the X-rated "How Do U Want It?" video. He collapsed from exhaustion.

According to K-Ci and Jojo the video for "Toss It Up" was shot the day before Tupac was shot.

The video for "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto" was filmed in New Mexico.

Hail Mary is I Ain't Mad At Cha Part 2

To Live & Die In L.A. is California Love Part 2

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... was supposed to be called Troublesome 21.

"Flex" was supposed to be on Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., but didn't make it.

"Lost Souls" by Tupac featuring the Outlawz was recorded on July 8, 1996.

"Me And My Girlfriend" is about his gun, not his girlfriend

Hit Em Up 2 is really the original Hit Em Up. And the track we knows as Hit Em Up (the one on the Greatest Hits Album) is really Hit Em Up 2. Hit Em Up 2 (as we call it) was recorded first.

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-Warren G. has passes on all Long Beach sets and most Compton neighborhoods due to his non stop work with area youths.

-Minutes after Snoop Dog was acquited of murder on January 13th 1994 he went on MTV and said he found God and he wasn't a Gangsta rapper anymore rather a Gospel rapper. He said he gave up smoking and drinking. And that he was releasing a Gospel album with Shirley Ceasar.

-Warren G. was presented with the key to the city of Long Beach in 2005 by the mayor who set aside a Warren G. day.

-Suge Knight shows up late (or doesn't show up at all) for interviews so his enemies can never figure out his schedule.

-Suge wasn't shot by a man in pink he shot himself in Miami one time.

-Benzino snatched Yayo's Boston pass, he's been to cities surrounding Boston to do shows but never directly to the city to do a show since.

-Tony Yayo has bragged about pushing major weight and driving the most sportiest whips since his teen age years. Yet in an allhiphop.com interview prior to the release of his album Yayo said he never owned a car until his mid 20's and that he was broke living in a 1 room apartment w/ his baby mom walking everywhere until he started recording.

-Marques Houston ran up in Beyonce before Jay-Z

-Maino an underground MC from Brooklyn has questioned Jay-Z's street cred several times on wax with no reply. (typical of Jay)

-The Game vs. Memphis Bleek beef started when Bleek went to San Fransisco on tour and kicked with JT the Bigga Figga (Game's former manager) and Game. JT had a record/entertaiment company called "get low entertainment" Bleek went back to Brooklyn to say he just formed get low entertainment. Bleek and JT cleared up the beef, Game disses Bleek on 200 bars and Running causing a beef between Game vs JT and Game vs Bleek.

-JT the bigga figga says he has Game's stripper tape and he's going to release it as "stop strippin stop crying".

-The Game vs Young Gunz beef started on a Corey Gunz mixtape "The apprentice vol .3" on a track "You aint gangsta" ft. The game. At the end of the track Game says "peter gunz and corey gunz them real gunz no relation to chris and neef"

-Rappers who have been know NOT to use security/bodyguards:
Cam'ron
Juelz
Jim Jones
Ghost Face
Method Man
Canibus
Mos Def (sometimes)
Fat Joe (sometimes)
Jadakiss

-Murphy Lee has said in several songs that one of the St.Lunatics has fckd Blu Cantrell and he witnessed it.

-During JD vs Kanye beef Jermaine Dupri blamed Kanye's production for Janets album "Damita" flopping in a magazine article, Kanye blamed it on JD marketing Janet poorly.

-Ashanti has misplaced bones in her feet due to wearing high heels to much.

-50 didn't snitch when got cut at a studio that was occupuied by Murder Inc affiliates. His engineer put the restraining order on Ja and Irv.

-Charli baltimore said Irv Gotti spent her whole album budget gambling, partying, traveling and taking Ecstasy.

-On a Game's "stop snitchin stop lying" mixtape Charli Baltimore disses a Murder Inc. female saying "Irv you let my whole budget go for "that bi*ch" " is that bi*ch vida? is it ashanti?

-Joe budden has put recorded several subliminal and direct disses at Jay-Z and Def Jam staff but refused to release after a sit down w/ Jay-Z.

-Joe budden's album wasn't shelfed by the record label he stopped his own "The Growth" album. Saying he didn't want it marketed poorly like Memphis Bleeks and Young Gunz albums.

-In the second week of their album being releases Young Gunz only moved 365 and albums!!! THREE HUNDRED AND S-I-X-T-Y F-I-V-E albums. (LMAO)

-Trick Daddy has a degree in culinary arts dude really loves cooking.

-3-6 Mafia bust the windows out of Bone Thugs limo when they stopped in Memphis for a show in '96 claiming Bone stole their style.

-Every member of 3-6 Mafia (besides the originals) have all left citing monetary disputes.

-LL Cool J has released 12 albums 11 platinum and 1 gold the most platinum albums in rap history and the most consecutive platinum albums in a row w/ 10.

-Puffy caught the license of the trigger man who shot B.I.G. after they got on a high speed with him on the streets of Los Angeles but refuses to snitch.

-The same night at the same party Biggie was shot at, a fight broke out on the dance floor while everybody was doing the train. Someone stepped on Da Brat's boots.

-R Kelly has produced or recorded vocals for every rap legend: Nas, Jay-z, Biggie, Snoop, Jadakiss, LL Cool J, except for Pac.

-Bump J claims to go by the name Gorilla Unit before 50 but was an independant artist so 50 got it first.

-It's rumored that Saigon had unknown beef with members of Junior Mafia back in the days. In a freestyle on Kay Slay Show a while back Saigon raps "Snatch lil bow wow crush his lil frame/Fucc Lil cease da ni**az a lil lame".

-Alchemist was jumped by Littles and members in his entorauge at a nightclub while DJing. Alchemist sold a beat to Littles and then ended up selling the same beat to Prodigy.

-Rappers Gravy and Maino has had an ongoing beat for a while now. This beef lead to Dirty Money CEO, Fendi, getting dropped aka knocked the fck out.

-Tru-Life and crew robbed members of The Infamous Mobb by making them strip and putting shotgun barrels in they mouths. DJ Muggs, Alchemist, and GZA was present but did not get robbed. (mentioned this before but i didnt kno Alchemist & Muggs was there too)

-Shyne was living what he spoke. It is rumored that he has caught bodies and caught an assault charge in the early 90's for jumping somebody half to death on a basketball court in Brooklyn.

-The rapper u know as The Notorious B.I.G. career could've been delayed when he, Lil Cease and D-Roc had to take the wrap on a gun charge. D-Roc ended up taking the wrap and serving some time.

-Rapper Maino at 15 caught a kidnapping charge and served ten years in the bing, very true.

-It is rumored, Game's manager Jimmy Henchman is responsible for Tupac's death. It was on allhiphop.com rumor section 1 time. Actually he's the mastermind in setting Pac up. While Filming "above the rim" Jimmy's job was to show 2pac around the most rough locations in NY to get a "feel" of his character's background (originally). Pac met stretch, E-Moneybags, and a few others in Queens and just changed his whole persona. Pac started being real disrespectful to Jimmy and showing love to Stretch. Word throughout Queens was that Jimmy wanted to "discipline" Pac to show him that there are consequence for people that "front" like something they are not (gangsta) so after coming from a weed spot not too far from the studio (where he got set up) with mad jewelry on the people that Jimmy hired to keep him safe were the ones that robbed him. Hatian Jack was Jimmy's right hand man in the streets was one of robbers. It was a grab-n-snatch robbery (note only 2 of the robbers had guns but none was pulled out) only Stretch and Pac had guns: 9 millimeter and a 38 revolver, after Pac and Stretch got stomped out the elevator door opens and Pac pulled out the 9 and started shooting while Stretch maintain his loyalty and started throwing jewelry at them. While shooting Pac shot himself basically as the elevators closed with bullets ricochet through and all around the elevator injuring himself and Stretch. The whole story is in the book ''Queens Reign Supreme" crazy shit.

-Capone and Noreaga first met at Greenhaven correctional facility when they were younger...Capone was in there for shooting at a cop and weapons possesion and Nore was in there for shooting at someone during a fight in a movie theater. Capone who was already down with Tragedy and Havoc cause of their Bridge affiliations was convinced by trag to form a group with Nore even though they were always hoping for solo careers. Nore was even about to agree to Trackmasters executive producing his first joint but they wanted to much doe for it so he passed.

-Nore was also the Neptunes first artist to ever have a hit with them. Super Thug was done against Penalty's wishes cause they didn't feel the Neptunes matched Nore's style but relented when Neptunes said if they released the song as a single and it hit they would give nore first priority over other cats looking for Neptunes heat.

-DMX first album deal was in 91 with Columbia records when he dropped the single Born Loser and it didn't catch fire anywhere.

-Irv Gotti started off as Mic Geronimos DJ but was promoted to manager because he was making Mic, Ja Rule and Cash Money clic money by producing the music, directing the bootleg classic video's of "shit's real" and "get tha fortune" and booking shows for them all the while having those chips of DMX, Jay and Ja as leverage against Def Jam when he negotiated with them for distribution. He was going for a renegotiation of his contract by offering Def Jam Ja, X and Hov as a group, Murder Inc but all the parties involved (Roc-a-Fella and Ruff Ryders) wanted to executive produce the album as well and Irv wouldn't have it cause there'd be too much confusion with too many cooks in the kitchen and Def Jam wanted a 2 album deal and an option for the group which no one would commit to.

-Omar Epps started off as an aspiring rapper before he became an actor. He was part of a group with his cousin and friend called the Wolf Pack which was being produced by Special Ed. He freestyled something once in the barbershop Cutty's but wasn't happy with the reaction he got and skipped without saying a word. They were dropped by the label that had picked them up 8 months later.

-Arizona has turned into the new hotspot for MC's and celebrities to live in like DMX, Swizz Beatz, Jenna Jameson etc but you know who tapped into that market first?? The godfather of gangsta rap himself, Kool G Rap. He was there way way before anybody knew of the area because of all the drama he had going on back home in NYC and his problems with Superhead first popped off there and rumor has it she shook daddy to return there for fear she'll get it from all the dudes Kool G has aligned himself with but nobody checking for her anyways.

-Kool G Rap's old DJ Polo is a big time porn executive who started off the hip hop porn videos y'all see now with Snoop and Lil John and he at one time had Ron Jeremy under contract.

-Back in 05 the youngest rapper with the most muscle behind him (financially and goon wise) was Cory Gunz whose godfather is Shaquille O'Neal, label president is Tommy Mottola and distributor and executive producer of the album would be handled by Def Jam president Jay-Z and whose father Peter Gunz is goon deep in the Bronx and up there with Lord Tarik, Fat Joe and Showbiz as thorough.

-Showbiz's son is as gangsta as Freddie Foxx and as real as they come. He's beat not one but two attempted murder charges and his temper is legendary in the Bronx.

-Brooklyn MC Maino is related to Hommo, the dude who allegedly pumped 9 shots into Fiddy, by way of marriage. (thats crazy 50 has no beef with Maino)

-East Coast VS West Coast
No matter what they say, the Crips are behing the murders of both Tupac and Biggie. Everybody knows how the whole Pac thing jumped off but for those that don't... Some Bloods who were also members of Suge Knight's Death Row staff were shopping in a LA mall when confronted by more Crips, a fight took place and one of the Blood's Death Row pendant was snatched. While in Vegas for that Mike Tyson fight that same Blood recognized Baby Lane as one of the Crips from the incident at the mall, that's when Pac jumped on and sealed his fate by crossing the line from gangsta rapper to gang member, they jumped said Crip and he later set up the hit on the Strip.
P.Diddy (then Known as Puff[Daddy]) had security concerns when traveling on the West Coast obviously, specifically with Suge Knight, Death Row Records, and the Bloods gang, so who better to hire for security purposes than the Crips? Their blast-on-sight mentality towards the Bloods made their services a must-have for West Coast travel but the Crips decided to get gangsta on him and try to extort him for more money than he already paid Puff froze up and BIG's hit was set up.

-Deathrow VS No Limit
Deathrow (with Suge still behind bars) released the 2 disc compilation 'The Chronic 2000' which also took shots at Dre and set out to destroy everyone affiliated with Snoop and Dre's crediblity. With songs like 'Easy 2 Be A Soldier When There Ain't No War' (No Limit had repeatedly stated that they were soldiers in the No Limit Army with Master P being the colonel) performed by 2Pac clone - Tha Realest, and other songs such as 'Top Dogg Cindafella' - a complete bite from Snoop's hit of the exact same rhyme pattern, lyrics, and beat performed by Snoop clone - Topp Dogg, Deathrow went on to call No Limit biters and fake soldiers (much like Cash Money did) throughout late 98 to early 2000.
As is also Deathrow's style, when No Limit started to die down in 2000, Deathrow stopped dissing and most of their artists left yet again. Suge, however, stated numerous times he doesnt respect Master P and his music, and also Snoop Dogg for being "a bitch". No Limit never responded to Deathrow, only calling out haters out with generic songs aimed at nobody in particular. Though not a highly publicized beef, the song "Easy 2 Be A Soldier..." pushed the album to gold and slightly derailed No Limit's crediblity by calling out C-Murder for blatantly biting 2Pac and Master P for being a "fake thug".

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-On Another forum it said that for the ‘Cradle 2 the Grave’ soundtrack there was supposed to be a song with Jay-Z, DMX and Eminem on it, but Jay never showed. The person who wrote it supposedly was the guy who produced the beat and was in the studio with X and Em. (pffttt @ Jay)

-Blinky Blink (one of Cam'ron's boys) saw Canibus at a party and knocked him out for some reason, Cam speaks on it in ‘Take 'Em to Church’ ("Well let me fill you in, now it's a whole clan of us/Blink so mad, he went and beat up Canibus") & Bis never denied it.

-Before the whole Canibus/LL beef popped off, Bis & L left messages for each other to try to talk it out; their label Def Jam kept them from receiving the messages & calls cos they wanted the beef to happen, in order to sell records.

-Ras Kass and Snoop Dogg used to meet up to battle in high school.

-Buckshot said Dr. Dre hollered at him and the BCC cos he wanted to work with some East Coasters right as he was leaving Death Row, but it never popped off and he ended up goin with the Firm instead.

-Rather known by now but Bizzy Bone was on America's Most Wanted as a 5-year-old, when he was kidnapped and sodomized. This may have led to him leaving BTNH, one time he said Layzie or Wish was making fun of him about it.

-Bizzie Bone and his siblings were molested repeatedly by their stepfather, and were kidnapped by him when their mother left him, which he says sparked his wild drug habit. Bizzie Bone also claims to have never tried X, and claims that he was pressured into doing a verse on "Ectasy".

-Game said his father used to molest his (Game's) sister, the man's own daughter.

-Supposedly the Dogg Pound snuffed Fat Joe in Cali onstage one time and Big Pun stood by.

-Lady of Rage said 2Pac called her the "weakest link" in Death Row cos she refused to jump on the bandwagon and diss Bad Boy.

-Canibus, Game, Erick Sermon and 50 Cent all sat down with Suge at different points in time, but nothing ever happened; Game also was in talks with Puff and Bad boy (he said this a couple of times, in songs and in interviews, before the Documentary dropped).

-DMX's managers (Dee and Wah, who later started RR) went to Puff and Bad Boy, but dude said X was too raw. After "Get At Me Dog" dropped, Puffy came back asking about him but X said it was too late and declined him. Dee and Wah also negotiated with Suge and Death Row but they said it wasn't right.

-While not doing anything on Death Row, Crooked I was making a "lawyer's salary" ghostwriting, probably for some big names.

-Marley Marl didn't want to record with, (supposedly) Kool G Rap, until someone (BDK?) said that dude wrote most of Biz Markie's shit.

-Easy Mo Bee said in XXL's Making of ‘Ready to Die’ special, that he originally made ‘Warning’ for Big Daddy Kane cos he knew Kane liked Isaac Hayes samples and shit. But when he played the beat Kane said to skip it without even considering the track.

-An unreleased version of the track "In Between Us" from Scarface's ‘The Fix’ album, has Nas using some of the lines from ‘Ether’. He doesn't say the name but obviously the lines are meant to diss Jay-Z. Apparently Scarface got wind of it and had Nas change the verse cos he's cool with Jay (Jay was on the album as well).

-Ghostface Killah said he was about to dead the beef with Biggie & offer to do a track when he heard homes got killed. That's why Ghost and Rae redid "Niggas Bleed" into the "3 Bricks" track as a bonus cut for ‘Fishscale’.

-The line "Life's a bitch but god forbid the bitch divorce me/I'll be flooded with ice so hellfire can't scorch me" from the ‘It Was Written’ song ‘Affirmative Action’ is a line that Cormega wrote and gave to Nas.

-JT Tha Bigga Figga still walks around the streets of Fillmore by himself like an O.G.

-When E-40's on tour, he gets hotels for all his boys, under his name, but has a rule: no bitches in the hotels. He don't wanna get caught up with his wife over his boys and a lil bitch.

-Yukmouth got punched by Spider Loc and he took his chain. Then he sold it back to him for $1500.

-Mac Minister was on trial for the murder of Fat Tone, the alleged gunman in Mac Dre's murder. Supposedly he set them ni**as up, shot them 32 times with an AK in Las Vegas.

-In 05-06, C-Bo is the only artist EVER to go to prison over his lyrics, cos he was a real gangster and had ties to murders, and was still rapping about that shit, against his probation requirements.

-Messy Marv walks with a cane, because he was at a spot and got set up and some ni**as came to murk him out, so he jumped out a 3 story building and took off, broken hip and all. He also crashed on a motorcycle around the same time, so his arm was in a cast for a while. For a year he was just messed up, then he went to jail for a lil bid.

-The Game released his first albums after JT The Bigga Figga signed him to the original "Black Wall Street" somehow Game bought the rights to the name off of him. He wouldn’t be shit without them.

-50 Cent don't got love out in San Fran cos when he 1st blew up, he went to Mission Rock nightclub for a performance, ni**as all tried to holla at him for some features on some tracks, and he got scared and wouldn't come off the bus. After that, a gang of people started shaking the bus, and he took off and never performed, then someone got shot there. That's why no one fcks wit him out here.

-Obie Trice and Eminem ain't liked out in San Fran, cos Obie tried to diss San Francisco on the radio station in SF saying that Frisco was a "fag city". His real quote was that he had to "walk with his back to the wall" in San Francisco.

-3 of the 5 members of RBL posse (Mister Cee and Hitman) have been killed in Hunters Point, San Fran.

-2pac was a nomad. He lived in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Marin City, before moving to Oakland and repping it.

-"To Live in Die in L.A." was originally "To Live and die in the Bay" but Suge Knight was from L.A. and made him change it.

-Celly Cel was gone for a while cos he was in prison on a statutory rape charge after fckin a lil 16 year old girl.

-Turf Talk isn't really from Vallejo. He's E-40's cousin and is originally from L.A. He reps the bay hard now though.

-Ray Luv wrote most of 2pac's songs on his first album, 2pacalypse now. Look at the credits on the songs; R. Tyson=Raymond Tyson Aka Ray Luv. If you hear their rap style, its very similar.

-Game got ran out of the famous music store Moses Music out in East Oakland, at a signing while he was beefing wit Yukmouth. Ni**az ran up on him and him and his whole crew ran out the back door. He ain't been back in the hood out there since. San Quinn had his back which made Yuk and Quinn take a few jabs at eachother on some mixtape tracks, but they never said eachother's names and they have since squashed it

-DJ Drama never released a Gangsta Grillz 3. Vol 1 was a rushed product that was ass, Vol 2 was hosted by Lil Jon and he wanted him back for more. But by accident he told Jon that he wanted him to host again for Vol 4, when he wanted Jon for 3. So once he saw his mistake it was all over and Drama was scared to ask again to redo the shit, so he never did a Vol 3 and jumped straight to 4.

-Bizzy Bone had a rap battle with Jay-Z (before he blew up) and beat him. But some say it was with Twista outside a club in Chicago. Bizzy slayed Twista when Bizzy was just 16 with Bone.Inc (same crew-diff name) and that created bad blood between Bone and Twista for years to come until Lazy squashed (seen in the Beef dvd).

-Only a few MCs wrote their own rhymes in NWA.

-Redman and Dead Prez graduated from college.

-Before GZA, ODB had the name "Genius." This was way before GZA's 91 debut.

-Members of Onyx were barbers before they became rappers.

-RZA came up with his alter ego, Bobby Digital, from doing too much PCP. He said he felt like there was 2 of him inside.

-De La Soul were pissed at people calling them Hip Hop Hippies, so they went and released the album De La Soul Is Dead. This was on VH1.

-The 9th member of the Wu was going to be picked from Masta Killa and Killah Priest. Masta Killa wrote rhymes all night, but Priest fell asleep too early. The next morning, he was awakened by Masta's Da Mystery of Chessboxin' verse.

-50 Cent made his first official appearance in hip hop as a guest in Onyx's Shut em Down album. He was featured on the song "React."

-Cappadonna taught Deck how to rap.

-U-God's 3 year old son was shot while playing on the balcony of their house. He talks about his son's death in the Forever LP.

-Biggie isn't from NY. His mom didn't move to the BK until he was 8. He was born in like the West Indies or Jamiaca.

-Nelly and Ciara were born in Austin.

-Usher was born in Dallas.

-Ludacris was born in Champaign, Illinois

-There was a Hip Hop album with the title "The Black Album" which was made by Producer No ID.

-Pharoahe Monch used to be real fat, he also has Asthma.

-Nas wrote NY State Of Mind when he was 17.

-Suge was the DOC and Bobby Brown's bodyguard. He got the ends and outs of the music buisness from DOC.

-Ashanti is in the "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" video.

-At one point, every single rap label warned their artists: "never publicly mention the Wu tang" (lmao)

-Ghostface beat up Mase causing him to have his jaw wired.

-Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes attended the same high school and once battled in a hallway.

-Jermain Dupri was the youngest producer ever to go platinum.

-Eazy E had dinner with George Bush.

-Snoop Dogg went to school with Camron Diaz

-Esham, a pioneer in horrorcore rap in Detroit, wrote some of the most vicious diss tracks to Eminem. In response was Bizzare sending Esham to the hospital with a ruptured eyeball, a mild concussion and loss of hearin in his left ear.

-We all know The Notorious B.I.G. was killed in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. But, ironically, Biggie shouldn't have been in L.A. that weekend. Big, who'd been in L.A. since early February '97 promoting his 'Life After Death' album, was supposed to hop a flight to London on Friday, March 7, 1997, to continue his promotional junket. Biggie canceled his flight, and chose to remain in L.A. that weekend. He enjoyed the sunshine too much, and didn't want to leave it behind to go to an overcast London. Plus, he disliked European food. It may seem trite, but it's true. If Biggie had gotten on that flight on March 7th, he might still be with us.

-Mase had a million dollar contract , some say he was the first rapper to get that.

-Kool Keith & DMX used to collects bugs.

-DMX used to stand for "Divine Master of the unknown".

-Krazyzie Bone is a Jehovah Witness

-Just blaze got into producing, mostly to buy videogames.

-Neptunes got some influence from old Atari's music/sfx.

-MC Hammer dissed Redman in one of his songs.

-DMX first thought Biggie was soft cos he saw Big do something real stupid in the studio.

-Bad Azz was Snoop's ghostwriter.

-Ras Kass use to battle Snoop in High School.

-Ras Kass's baby mother is recording artist Teedra Moses who he helped get a deal.

-Lil Kim was at one time pregnant by Biggie but had a miscarriage.

-Da Brat was the first female Hip Hop artist to go platinum.

-Eminem once battled Juice in the Rap Olympics and lost to him coming in 2nd and saying it was rigged/favortism. Juice was the reason Em was at the Rap Olympics through invitation.

-Immortal Technique battled Poster Boy on 106 and Park and lost. Immortal Technique who use to battle in all of the underground battle circuits also battled Slug from Atmosphere and a few other well known underground battle Emcees.

-After Chino XL recorded the track 3 to the Dome for Sway and Tech with him, Kool G Rap and Kane, Kool G threw away his rhymes and Chino went into the trash and took the crumpled out rhyme out and kept it because he was such a big fan of Kool G.

-Eminem was supposed to be signed to Duck Down BEFORE signing with Dre and Aftermath, but Dru Ha decided not to sign him. The rumor is because he did not want to take a chance on singing a white artist.

-The original version of Interview with A Vampire written by Ras Kass was about a 12 minute song and was chopped down to the 7 minute song recorded on Rasasssination.

-There is a long list of rappers who are not from or even raised in the areas they claim as rap artists. To name some:
Prodigy is not from QB originally.
Xzibit is not from L.A., he moved there to pursue a career from N. Mexico.
Mailk from Illegal (appeared on Pump Pump on Snoop's Doggystlye) was from S.C. but claimed L.A.
UGK is not from Houston, they are from Port Arthur Texas.
DOC as already said was from Dallas.
Canibus is not from Jersey like he originally claimed, but has lived in various places from Canada to Atlanta because of his family moving around.
Royce Da 5’9” is not from Detroit, but from a nice suburb a good ways outside of Detroit.
Eminem is actually from Warren Michigan, not from Detroit.
DJ Premier is not from NY, he is from Dallas Texas.

-Ice T use to be a REAL street pimp and hustler at one time before becoming a rapper.

-MC Hammer had to be restrained by Russell Simmons because he was going to attempt to beat down MC Serch after giving him the Gas Face on the song Gas Face.

-Q-Tip and Janet Jackson have had a long time love interest, but remain friends. That is why Q-tip got the part as her slain boyfriend in Poetic Justice.

-In Poetic Justice 2pac was supposed to have a sex scene with Janet Jackson, but it was not shot when Pac refused to get an HIV test. Janet Jackson wanted him to have one.

-Puffy directed Outkast's Player's Ball and Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik videos.

-Nore did time for murder when he was a juvenile.

-A large number of actors who play gangsters in movies are from nice neighborhoods with little or no street knowledge.

-David Banner has a Master's Degree.

-Nelly was scouted by the St. Louis Cardinals when he was in High School.

-Mase taught Jim Jones how to rap.

-The Neptunes produced the song "Rumpshaker" and Pharrell wrote Teddy Riley's verse.

-Missy was an admitted hoe in high school. Blamed it on being molested when she was younger.

-Scarface has a tattoo of somebody blowing their brains out on his forearm.

-Trick Daddy has like 20 sibling between his parents.

-Andre 3000 drew the cover for Outkast's Aquemini album.

-Will Smith was accepted to MIT but decided to rap instead.

-Russell Simmons used to sell weed.

-Rick Rubin came up with the name Def Jam and the logo.

-Jay-Z wrote Memphis Bleek's verse on that song from Reasonable Doubt and told Bleek he could use it only if he could memorize it and recite back to him in 24 hrs.

-2Pac wanted to act before he ever considered rapping.

-Rakim's brother made some of Rakim's beats.

-Biggie lost his original record deal because Patti La Belle was offended by "Dreams of fcking an R&B bitch".

-When Puff started Bad Boy, he remembered Biggie and the rest is history.....

-Timbaland & Pharrell made a group when they were in High School.

-Flesh-N-Bone was the one who bought the bus tickets for the rest of Bone to go to LA.

-Eazy-E told Bone not to get involved between the Dr.Dre & Eazy-E beef.

-Pac didnt wear a vest the night he got shot and he ALWAYS wore a vest.

-Lil Wayne shot himself 2 times.

-"Let's Get It" with Diddy and Black rob was supposed to be G-Deps first single but made it in to a trio single for the P. Diddy album.

-All most every crunk artist produced for So So Def during the Bass period.

-JD is rich as hell for producing/ghostwriting most of Usher's cds.

-Young Buck has rapped with cash money and three six mafia.

-Rakim wrote some verses for 'Paid In Full' three years before the album came out, that would meant he wrote that shit around the ages of 14/15.

-Prodigy and Havoc both attended the same high school before they got a record deal.

-Vinnie of Naughty By Nature is first cousins with Mike Tyson.

-Snoop named "The Chronic". Dre didn't start smoking weed until he met Snoop, contrary to popular belief, he wasn't lying when he said "I don't smoke weed or cess", because at the time he didn't.

-Baron Davis and Game grew up together.

-Nas dropped out of school in the 7th grade.

-The Fugees used to open up for Nas before either of them really blew up, right after Illmatic.

-You know that Biggie and Nas were hyped in 94 as the saviors of NY. Well supposedly they were on some tour and Nas began freestyling while they were drunk or something. Biggie fell asleep and then woke up and Nas was still going.

-After recording Ready To Die, Big learned to keep his lines in his head without writing them. This was a technique he taught Jay while Jay was doing Reasonable Doubt, then Jay eventually taught Ja Rule. None of them actually write lyrics.

-When Big was doing "Notorious Thugs" he wanted to practice his Bone Thugs-ish flow without being embarrassed so he sent everyone out of the room while he practiced by himself.

-Big wrote all the lyrics for Junior Mafia's Consipracy minus a couple Lil Kim verses.

-Nas, Jay and Mad Skillz were known in the early-to-mid-90s as the industries biggest ghostwriters.

-Mos Def was originally on BET's Teen Summit.

-50 Cent wrote most of Blaque's first album.

-That Order Of Protection against Murder Inc from 50 does exist but it wasn't 50 who asked for it, it was court mandated. Supposedly they didn't even have to tell 50 they had made it, so he truly may have never known.

-Ron Artest grew up in the same Queensbridge housing projects that Nas, MC Shan, Havoc, and others did. If you look for him you can see him in various QB-related artists videos.

-After Nature's "Nas Is Not" single began circulating, Nature was reportedly beat down by Nas' brother Jungle and his friends. Supposedly Jungle and Lake also got Prodigy his chain back after he had been robbed.

-Timbaland used to ghost produce, sometimes he got credit, sometimes he didn’t.

-Timbaland and Ginuwine used to be in a group on Devante's label called Da Bassment, if you look for the Nutty Professor Soundtrack they have a cover of Ready for the World's "Love You Down"

-Missy was in another group on Devante's label called Sista, they had a song on the Dangerous Minds Soundtrack.

-Game was on the dating game show Change Of Heart, and his girl had a change of heart. (lol)

-Jay and Mase had a little beef, supposedly it was a misunderstanding. Mase got at them on his opening track on Harlem World. Jay got at him on "Imaginary Player" Vol. 1.

-Angie Stone was Signed to Sugar Hill records as a rapper

-Nas was suppose to be on "Can I Live Part 1" by Jay-Z but Nas didnt show up at last minute and Reasonable Doubt was deadlined for the next day. So Jay had to hurry up and WRITE the 2nd Verse of it in 20 minutes and record it by himself. A lot of people say this was the beginning of a long standing fued. Also supposedly this is Jay’s only written verse.

-Style's P attacked Puffy with a chair, security saved his ass.

-Beanie Sigel knocked out Gillie the Kid on South street in front of Whole Cash Money crew when the NBA all star game was there.

-Nas wrote "Miami" for Will Smith. (lol for real?)

-2Pac was ready to sign Big Daddy Kane to his label Makaveli Records.

-Tigger from Rap City’s the basement as well as Mystikal where cheerleaders in highschool.

-Cash Money Records was started from dope money back in 92'.

-It is rumored that Baby had Cash Money Artist Yella Boy killed after he pistol wiped Baby.

-Mannie Fresh been DJ’ing since 1987, him, Mia X, and KLC and a crew called NYC Inc.

-BG been using heroin since the age of 15.

-Juvenile wasnt signed to CMR until 97. Actually, BG was supposed to be the first artist to drop from CMR when they went national, but BG went to jail so the dropped Juvenile first.

-Baby owns a portion of the Magnolia projects, he lets everyone there live rent free. True Story! Most of the project has been torn down.

-Hot Boy's first album "Get it How U Live" sold 300K locally.

-Lil Wayne ghostwrote for Bow Wow before.

-Master P fckd a lot of artists by giving them one album contracts with no royalties. Just one small lump sum at the contract signing.

-Kim had her ass whopped by Faith over B.I.G.

-Mary J Blige was a cokehead.

-Jay-Z was in Kanes' old videos.

-Roxanne Shante got pregnant when she was 15 years old.

-LOX debuted on Main Source’s 2nd album.

-R. Kelly worked the drive through at Mc Donald’s for an hour in St. Louis at a stop during the best of both worlds tour.

-Kanye spent a million of his own money to make the final version of the Jesus Walks video.

-T.I. has 2 kids with Xscape singer Tiny.

-Will Smith hid in a closet when Suge Knight and his blood friends stormed a studio in Cali.

-T.I. says urban legend was a paperless album. Implying he keeps his raps in his head like Jay or freestyles.

-Master P entered the NBA draft and for a brief stint played for the Denver Nugggets.

-2pac used to call weed candy.

-Daz and warren G went uncredited for a lot of co production on "Tha Chronic".

-Treach did a porno.

-It was known Roxanne Shante legally jacked her label for over $100,000 for education, and has done well with her life even though she ain't released shit for years. But later came forward and said that she lied about the whole thing last year.

-Method Man was dusted during the recording of the Mary J. Blige "All I Need" video. That explains some of his facial features in the video.

-In the months before he died, Big Pun had gotten so heavy that he had to be driven to and from the stage in a golf cart. Performing was said to be real hard & tiring for him. He was something like 700 pounds at the time of his death.

-Pun used to play maaad pranks on his crew. One was him taking someone's cell phone, and putting it under his belly fold for a couple of minutes, than putting it back. Dude picked it up to use it, and it stank like Pun's belly fold sweat.

-Method Man loves golf.

-Willie D of the group Getto Boys moved his entire family to Baku, Azerbaijan, a middle east country on the border of Iran.

-Record Labels that are rumored to be "cursed":
The Bad Boy Curse: The Lox once seen as a sure thing first album flopped and they never really reached any great commercial succes. Biggie was murdered. Black Rob arrested several times, labeled a one hit wonder. Loon left the label. 112 left the label. New Edition left the label. Faith got caught with cocaine, left the label. Da Band broke up with only dropping a single album. Ness and Babs have yet to drop an album. Shyne went to Jail cos of Puff and the list goes on.........

-No Limit Curse: Master P filed bankruptcy. Soulja Slim was murdered. Mystikal in jail for rape. C- murder in jail for ummmm murder. Mac in jail for murder. Kane and Abel served 4 years for running drugs. Mia X is M.I.A. Mercedes and strips now.

-The first person to give Nas his start at solo stardom was MC Serch, one third of the white rap group 3rd bass.

-The New York Post a respected newspaper ran the offensive and disrespectful headline about ODB's death "Dead Dirty Bastard".

-When Skillz first album dropped he was still valet parking at a famous restraunt in Virginia.

-ODB had 7 kids not 13 as at first widely publicized.

-Once Ghostface Killah was a guest at the "Rap City" TV program. Cappadonna joined him later, coming with a briefcase in his hands. Tigga asked Ghost about the contents of that briefcase but Ghost didn't say a word. Then Tigga started smiling and shit, so Ghost asked him something like: "Do I look funny or what? I'm not joking, so stop fcking smiling at me". (lmaoo)

-Back in the days when 50 wasn't popular, he got dismissed from a club for dissing Ghostface Killah.

-Ol' Dirty Bastard's album "Ni**a Please" was originally planned to be named «Dirty World» or «Revolution: The Black Man Is God».

-RZA didn't like that Jay-Z called himself Jigga - because it sounds similar to GZA.

-Method Man once said that he likes working with Redman more than with the WU, it was on MTV.

-RZA once said that if he wasn't in hip-hop business, he would like to be a scientist.

-Supposedly Ghostface Killah has some kind of diabetes so he doesn't drink any alcohol.

-Method Man was one of Biggie’s most favourite rappers.

-While reading a magazine, Method Man found out that a video game "Wu–Tang Shaolin Style" came out for Sony Playstation. He got mad at the rest of the Clan for not telling him about that. Later he stated that this game was not that good, mainly because of the characters' movements.

[Tranquil]

Eminem did live in Detroit, they moved back and forth, then actually settled in Detroit,

[Edge]

good shit but definently biased... pro- wutang and jay-z... anti- gunit, mobb deep and nas lol some interesting stuff though

[dR3]

Thanks Ella, interesting read

[Bistnal]

Interesting read. Thanks

[BILI]

Good read,props

[Anim]

Interesting. Where did you find this?

What's with the QB hate?

[embm]

interestin thnx
where did this com from

yea EM was in detroit as well

[Ella]

good shit but definently biased... pro- wutang and jay-z... anti- gunit, mobb deep and nas lol some interesting stuff though

its not really biased cos it was written by more than one person.. cant help it if some rappers or more thoro than others lol

its updated btw..

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

You have to have a freestyle battle with Eminem to get on Shady Records.

and aftermath.

well for aftermath you have to have one with a artist on the label, Games freestyle was with busta rhymes, 50 cents was with eminem.

its not a battle its a freestyle when you first meet in the studio, its said as a challenge to see how you react under pressure and when put on the spot straight away.

if you hold your own and show even as a new and raw talent you have the will and head on your soiliders to be able to step up to a already cemented artist, is what its for.

[DrRapid]

Thx for sharing this list, worth the read.

[pawel]

-"The Bridge Is Over" was a Marley Marl beat that Krs One and Scott La Rock found in a studio.

NICE, this made my day

[KrazyKane]

Suge Knight is a crazy mother fucker lol making Ice drink pee LOL

[Ella]

lol 2 things i learnt readin this shit.. Wu-Tang & Freddie Foxxx aint nothin to fck with..

and dont fck with angel dust

updated btw

[Tranquil]

no offence this list is the shit, but you lied, Ice Cube was raised in Compton, so what Eazy-E, Eazy-E was one of the rawest gangsters there, so get your info straight man, some of this shit is made up