19 Facts About Hip-Hop That Will Surprise You
by N/A, 10 years ago |
2 min read
No matter how much hip hop you've listened to, you probably haven't heard these facts.Â
1. Biggie aspired to be a restaurateur.
Biggie wanted to open a soul food restaurant called "Big Poppa's."
2. Fat Joe was once a graffiti artist.
3. The intro for Nas' "NY State of Mind" was an accident.
4. CeeLo lent his voice to one of your favorite girl groups.
He sang backup on TLC's "Waterfalls."
5. Drake writes his songs on a Blackberry.
He explains why in his documentary.
6. Diddy was once a backup dancer.
He performed with Heavy D and Big Daddy Kane.
7. Gucci Mane got his name from his dad.
Gucci's dad grew up with the nickname "Gucci," which was given to him by his mother.Â
8. Missy Elliot takes her M&M's one way only.
She only eats the green ones.
9. Questlove owns more than 2,000 hair picks.
10. Lil Wayne accidentally shot himself when he was a teenager.
An off-duty cop drove him to the hospital.
11. Rick Ross worked as a corrections officer.
12. Jim Carrey used to write letters to Tupac while he was in jail.
13. Lil Wayne was adopted by Birdman.
He was adopted when he was 12.Â
14. Andre 3000 and Erykah Badu have a child together.
They're child is named Seven Sirius Benjamin.
15. Tupac studied ballet.
He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts.Â
16. Eminem claims that he's only ever read one book in his life.
It was LL Cool J's I Make My Own Rules.
17. Jay Z and Busta Rhymes went to school together.
They met at the George Westinghouse Career and Technical Institute in Brooklyn.Â
18. Most of Lil Wayne's first album contains no curse words.
He tried to keep it clean at his mom's request.Â
19. Schoolboy Q got a 3.3 GPA in high school.
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