On This Day... In Hip-Hop History

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Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang became the first Hip Hop single to reach the Billboard top 40 January 5, 1980

 

[HerbalVaporCapers]

He had 2 guns you dumbass

Take a 25 cal to the head and see if you'll survive. Smh this nigga mane.

2Pac took five .22 caliber shots (I think he took two to the head) and checked himself out of the hospital the same day.

I doubt a .25 caliber gun would penetrate your skull.

You're an idiot if you're packing a .25

I'll take a .357 revolver over a .25 semi-automatic.

You're trippin. You can hide a .25 in your jacket pocket and dump off the whole clip with almost no recoil. You gotta keep that cowboy shit you're talking at the gun range and off the street cuz you might get one shot max if you don't drop the shit first...

 

[TheGOAT]

January 9th

Born day salute to MF doom originally known as Zev love X of KMD

20 years ago Kriss Kross drops this

2001 The OZ Soundtrack is released.

Great soundtrack

 

[5 Grand]

He had 2 guns you dumbass

Take a 25 cal to the head and see if you'll survive. Smh this nigga mane.

2Pac took five .22 caliber shots (I think he took two to the head) and checked himself out of the hospital the same day.

I doubt a .25 caliber gun would penetrate your skull.

You're an idiot if you're packing a .25

I'll take a .357 revolver over a .25 semi-automatic.

You're trippin. You can hide a .25 in your jacket pocket and dump off the whole clip with almost no recoil. You gotta keep that cowboy shit you're talking at the gun range and off the street cuz you might get one shot max if you don't drop the shit first...

Yeah you might be able to "dump off the clip with almost no recoil" but you wouldn't hurt a fly. A .22 wouldn't penetrate your skull or your rib cage so whats the point?

 

[*~queenbee~*]

January 4 1988

Getting chased through my building by some crazy crackheads lead to me losing 92 bricks. They snatched my chain too but it belonged to Jaz anyway. It was a gloomy day

 

[BackInWhite]

Kriss kross dropped that album and pusha t said "I like his hair..."

 

[TheGOAT]

January 10th

Born day salute to Brotha Lynch Hung

 

[TheGOAT]

21 years ago today...

Smif-n-Wessun release Dah Shinnin

 

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GZA’s second studio album Liquid Swords was certified gold by the RIAA January 11, 1996

missed a few

JANUARY 8th

Justin Smith better known Just Blaze was born January 8, 1978

Ghostface Killah’s solo debut Ironman was certified gold by the RIAA January 8, 1997

 

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JANUARY 14

Richard Walters better known as Slick Rick was born January 14, 1965

James Todd Smith better known as LL Cool J was born January 14, 1968

JANUARY 15

Patrick Douthit better known as 9th Wonder was born January 15, 1975

Gang Starr released their second studio album Step In The Arena January 15, 1991

DJ Quik released his debut studio album Quik Is The Name January 15, 1991

Snoop Dogg released the single Gin & Juice January 15, 1994

 

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JANUARY 16

Aaliyah Haughton was born January 16, 1979

JANUARY 17

The Roots released their second studio album Do You Want More?!!!??! January 17, 1995

Illmatic the debut album from Nas was certified gold by the RIAA January 17, 1996

 

[dalyricalbandit]

crazy that it took illmatic 2yrs to go Gold

 

[*~queenbee~*]

crazy that it took illmatic 2yrs to go Gold

Right, I caught that too.

 

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JANUARY 18

David Blake better known as DJ Quik was born January 18, 1970

The Game released his debut studio album The Documentary on January 18th, 2005

 

[Cleveland7venty6]

classic fuckin album

 

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JANUARY 20

Ahmir Thompson better known as Questlove was born January 20, 1971

Joey Bada$$ was born January 20th, 1995

Joey Bada$$ released his debut album B4.DA.$$ on January 20, 2015

Lupe Fiasco released his 5th studio album Tetsuo & Youth on January 20th, 2015

January 21st

The video for Eminem’s debut single My Name Is premiered January 21, 1999

Jason Mizell better known as Jam Master Jay was born January 21, 1965

Run-D.M.C. released their second album King of Rock January 21, 1985

 

[dalyricalbandit]

I remember being in the barbershop the first time that em video came on

 

[KillaCham]

Sorry for the absence... here are a few things that I missed..

January 8

1978

Producer Justin Smith better known Just Blaze was born on this day.

1997

Ghostface Killah’s solo debut Ironman was certified gold by the RIAA, 3 months after its release. It wasn't certified Platinum until 7 years later. We'll get to that next month.

January 9

It was reported that the chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting had been co-operating with prosecutors regarding Puff's involvement in a New York club shooting. He would go on to testify the following year as Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling the gun.

January 12

1970

Corey Woods AKA Raekwon was born.

2002

Rapper C-Murder gets arrested... for murder.

C-Murder, younger brother of No Limits Records founder Master P and uncle to rapper Romeo was accused of and arrested for shooting 16-year-old Steve Thomas on Jan. 12, 2002 at Harvey, Louisiana’s Platinum Club. Witnesses say Murder and Thomas got into an argument and that Murder pulled out a handgun and shot the minor from close range. Thomas later died from his gunshot wound. He is currently serving a life sentence for the murder.

January 13

Beyonce and Jay-Z were named Hollywood's top-earning couple by Forbes magazine. The pair earned an estimated $122m (£75.1m) between June 2008 and June 2009 - more than any other couple married or unmarried

 

[genocidecutter]

19 years ago Camp Lo released Uptown Saturday Night

 

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JANUARY 25

Ghostface Killah released his second album Supreme Clientele January 25, 2000

The Lox released their second album We Are The Streets January 25, 2000

D’Angelo released his second studio album Voodoo January 25, 2000



JANUARY 27

Twista released his fourth album Kamikaze January 27, 2004

JANUARY 28

Jermaine Lamarr Cole better known as J. Cole was born January 28, 1985.

William Griffin Jr. better known as Rakim was born January 28, 1968