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P. Diddy was onstage when Heavy D & The Boyz performed "You Can't See What I Can See" on "In Living Color" in 1992. The performance also featured Tupac and Flavor Flav.
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Jay-Z's "99 Problems," one of the world's biggest hip-hop tracks, samples a lyric from Ice-T's 1993 song of the same name off his album "Home Invasion." Both tracks feature the lyric: "If you're having girl problems, I feel bad for you, son. I've got 99 problems, but a b***h ain't one."
JAY-Z
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Pharrell Williams wrote Teddy Riley's verse on Wreckx-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker," which was released in 1992. Pharrell was 19 years old.
PHARELL WILLIAMS
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Nas started writing and recording "Illmatic" when he was 17 years old. At 20 years old, his iconic debut album was released by Columbia Records.
NAS
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KRS-One's "My Philosophy," released in 1988, was one of the most unforgettable tunes of the Golden Era of Hip-Hop.
KRS-One
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Eminem's albums "The Marshall Mather LP" and "The Eminem Show" have both sold 10 million copies.
EMINEM
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Drake broke The Beatles' 55-year Billboard Hot 100 record. The Canadian rapper now has more songs on the top five hits list than any other artist in Hot 100 history.
drake
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Profound lyricist Andre 3000 and songstress Erykah Badu had a child, Seven, in 1997. Andre's song 'A Life In The Day of Benjamin Andre' is about his relationship with the singer.
Andre 3000
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Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock..She released a total of eight solo studio albums.
mc lyte
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Rapper W.C who is also a member of the rap group Westside Connection with Ice Cube was once in a group called “ Low Profile with DJ Aladdin and
they had the hit song Pay Your Dues in 1989
WC
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Tupac Shakur was 14 years old when he and his mother moved to Baltimore from the Bronx in 1985. He called himself MC New York.
tupac
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Lil' Wayne's debut album The Block is Hott is close to curse free because of his mother's only rule: no cursing.
Lil' wayne
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Ice-T, one of the most influential rappers of the 80s, began in the underground scene making appearances in Breakin’ movies before releasing his Gold album Rhyme Pays. Ice-T went on to sell over 10 million.
Ice-t
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is the only group to have worked with 2Pac, Biggie, Eazy-E, and Big Pun before they passed.
Bone thugs-n-harmony
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Public Enemy burst onto the 80s hip-hop scene with politically-charged lyrics and vocal criticism of the media. Their second album It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back garnered much success with the hit single ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’.
public enemy
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De La Soul, a hip hop trio from Amityville, NY, formed in 1988. Posdnuos, Trugoy, and Maseo
are known for their unique musicality, eccentric lyricism, and their contributions to the proliferation of jazz rap and alternative hip hop sounds.
de la soul
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Jay-z and Busta Rhymes attended George Westinghouse high school in Brooklyn. DMX and Notorious B.I.G are also alumni. Jay and Busta often reminisce about who “won” their infamous cafeteria rap battles.
George westinhouse
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Todd Anthony Shaw, known as Too $hort, was a West Coast hip hop pioneer who garnered immense underground success. His 1988 album, Life Is...Too Short went double platinum. He is likely the only rapper to have recorded with 2Pac, Notorious BIG,
and Jay-Z.
Too $hort
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Queen Latifah has earned a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards,
two NAACP Image Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. In 2006, she became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen Latifah
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At the height of her career, Roxanne Shante was referred to as the "Queen of Rap" by The New York Times and has been noted as a hip hop pioneer. The Sunday Times credited her for popularizing diss tracks.
Roxanne Shante
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E-40 made his rap debut in 1986 with Jones (performing as B-Legit), sister Suga T, and brother D-Shot in the group Most Valuable Players. After impressing fellow students with a rap remix of the school song and a Grambling State talent show, Most Valuable Players released a single, "The King's Men".The group later became the Click and released the EP Let's Side in 1990
e-40
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In 1989, aged 16, Kwamé released his debut album, Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning, which he produced with Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor. The title refers to his back up band, which was unusual for emcees at the time. The music videos featured a polka-dot motif in the costumes and production design. This became Kwamé's trademark and a hip hop fashion fad, as his fans began wearing
kwame
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Kool Moe Dee, Considered one of the forerunners of the new jack swing sound in hip hop, he gained fame in the 1980s as a member of one of the pioneering groups in hip hop music, the Treacherous Three, and for his later solo career. During his career he released a total of seven studio albums (five of them solo).
kool moe dee
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Gang Starr a hip hop duo, consisting of Texas record producer DJ Premier and Massachusetts rapper Guru. For the entirety of their association, they were based out of Brooklyn, New York. Gang Starr was at its height from 1989 to 2003, and are considered one of the best MC-and-producer duos in hip hop history.] They are recognized for being one of the pioneers of jazz rap.Some of their top hits include "Mass Appeal", "Take It Personal", "Moment of Truth", "Full Clip" and "Above The Clouds
gang starr
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2 Live Crew had their greatest commercial success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The group's most well-known line up was composed of Luke Campbell, Fresh Kid Ice, Mr. Mixx, and Brother Marquis. They were considerably controversial in the U.S. due to the sexually explicit content in their songs, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be.
2 live crew
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EPMD is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mic Doc)EPMD's first album, Strictly Business, appeared in 1988 and featured the underground hit "Strictly Business," which sampled Eric Clapton's version of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff."
EPMD
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Rapper Nas's first MC name was Kid Wave
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Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City that was most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo was composed of Christopher Reid ("Kid") and Christopher Martin ("Play") working alongside their DJ, Mark "DJ Wiz" Eastmond.Besides their musical careers, they are also notable for branching out into acting
kids 'n play
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In 1986, Dr. Dre met rapper O'Shea Jackson—known as Ice Cube—who collaborated with him to record songs for Ruthless Records, a hip hop record label run by local rapper
Eazy-E. N.W.A and fellow West Coast rapper Ice-T are widely credited as seminal artists of the gangsta rap genre, a profanity-heavy subgenre of hip hop, replete with gritty depictions of urban crime and gang lifestyle.
dr. dre
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Drake has won so many American Music Award Nominations that he actually broke a world record in 2016. The person he beat? None other than Michael Jackson, who had held the record since 1984.
Drake
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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P Diddy was on stage when Heavy D and The Boyz performed 'You Can't See What I Can See' on In Living Color in 1992. The performance also features Tupac and Flavor Flav.
P DIDDY
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