Hip Hop; a short thread

Ice Cube, 2Pac, Eminem, and DMX are the only rappers to release a Billboard #1 album and star in a box office number one film.

Big L recorded the 1994 battle between Jay Z & DMX. L was a friend of Dame Dash and joined him at the battle.

Cam'ron is believed to have improvised much of his lines from Paid in Full. He also threw real punches and pulled an actor out of a car during a fight scene.

Warren G's Regulate... G Funk Era is believed to have saved Def Jam. In 1992, Russell Simmons sold 50% of the label to stay afloat. After Warren G's album went 4x platinum the label resolved most of their financial issues.

Rader Ruckus came up with the acronym CREAM made famous by the Wu Tang Clan. A long time friend of the crew, he's the inspiration behind Bring da Ruckus as well.

Eric B was initially set to form a duo with Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles. When he went to see Freddie, he was not home. Friend Alvin Toney next took him to meet Rakim and the rest is history.

Beside & Fab 5 Freddy- Change the Beat is the most sampled track in Hip Hop. Sampled over 2500 times it has been used by Rakim, Alchemist and Eazy E.

Patti LaBelle has uncredited vocals on Kanye West's Roses. The album credits had already been submitted when Patti was convinced by Kanye & Donda West to provide outro vocals.

DJ Quik & Ice T have 5 gold or platinum albums without any gold or platinum singles, a record in Hip Hop.

The music video for Victory by Puffy, Biggie & Busta Rhymes cost $2.7M ($4.3 adjusted for 2020) to produce making it the most expensive Hip Hop video ever made.

Since stepping away from music full time rappers including Ludacris, Chamillionaire & MIMS have made an impact by launching and investing in start ups.

Last one: The Roots agreed to be the live band for Jay-Z's MTV Unplugged after Jay said Black Thought & other top MCs (rumors include Nas & Eminem) would be invited on stage to do a cypher.

According to Black Thought, Jay Z backed out at the last minute.

http://www.hiphoplately.com/black-though-suggests-jay-z-ducked-a-cypher-with-nas-eminem/amp