- Ghostface Killah punched Ma$e in the face, "if you knew how my face felt, you would know how Ma$e felt..." , that verse from Kanye West was in reference to that debacle.
- Canibus got beat up at his own album listening party (I forget who the culprit was, I wanna say it was Ghostface Killah and Chef who beat him up but I can't remember)
- Nas used to date Sade
- Cormega was one of the first true independent rappers and one of the first few rappers to buy himself out of record deals and fund his own videos.
- U-God from the Wu-Tang Clan actively posts on the IC
- In 1995, GTE Interactive Media paid Jermaine Dupri $20,000 to be on the cover of their SNES game, Street Hockey 95 (which was actually released in 1994) dressed in hockey gear. One of the levels had a loosely based instrumental version of Kriss Kross' "Alright" song.
- Angie Martinez' baby father is Nokio from Dru-Hill
- Young Jeezy has Bell's Palsy (as stated in his documentary)
- Master P almost bankrupted Universal taking and pocketing $30-60 million after they played him out of $6 million. When Universal tried to sue him he filed for bankruptcy and moved his assets into a shell corporation and Universal was unable to recoup a dime or so much as masters from Master P. They held the lawsuit for 6 years before finally discontinuing it. Although Master P chooses not to disclose his net worth, it is estimated that he is worth north of $350 million to $600 million.
- NaS can paint art and is an accomplished painter, he paints in his own spare time
- Kanye West sold his first beat for $9000 to rapper Gravity, he later took the money and bought a Jesus Piece (SMMFH). 'Through the Wire' cost $35,000 to create.
- here's an interesting irony - It is often thought that most battle rappers suck as rappers and can't make a hit to save their lives, ironically enough, the biggest and one of the most recognized worldwide rappers is Eminem - who in fact got his start from battle rapping and has gone on to sell an estimated 100 million records worldwide.
- Reasonable Doubt was originally going to be named "Heir To The Throne"
- After Cash Money fell on hard times, Lil Wayne almost signed to Rocafella for $5 million
- Mary J. Blige once dated Dame Dash
- If you look at the executive producer credits on Stillmatic, you'll see "
Destiny Jones" as an executive producer. NaS did that so that she would always collect royalty checks for the rest of her life.
- Shawnna of DTP originally passed on the beat for "Golddigger" which Kanye West and Jamie Foxx would later turn into a big hit. Fun fact ? It was going to feature Kanye and Shawnna but she felt Jamie Foxx would not be a good fit for the song and was reported as saying
"I don't want [Foxx] to sing no jingles, this rap, not comedy". That record went on to become one of Kanye's biggest songs ever. In the same year Shawnna's debut album sold 300k, Jamie Foxx ? 2 million worldwide & earned him 2 grammies to boot....
- Lupe Fiasco almost signed to GOOD Music and Rocafella early in his career. He avoided the ROC because they were on the verge of breaking up.
- Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell were suppose to create a group called "Child Rebel Soldier". According to Pharrell, from 2004-2007 they recorded enough music to put out 2 albums. Pharrell claims that Kanye is sitting on those records in his vault...