Hip-Hop History Month: Celebrating 48 Years Of The Culture
Source: iOne Creative Services / Radio One Digital
Keep scrolling to see our selection of Hip-Hop History Month digital collectible cards, which even includes a few “Special Edition” ones in the deck as well to honor those lost prematurely in the game:
1. DJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc is considered the Father Of Hip-Hop.
2. Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy Kane was a member of the infamous rap collective “The Juice Crew.”
3. KRS-1
“The Teacha” KRS-1 won one of biggest battles in hip-hop history versus Mc Shan and the Juice Crew.
4. Queen Latifah
In 1989, Latifah released her first album, All Hail to the Queen, which went on to sell more than 1 million copies.
5. A Tribe Called Quest
Tribe’s debut album People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm was the first to receive “5 Mics” from The Source Magazine.
6. Eazy E
Dubbed the Godfather of Gangsta Rap, Eazy E was invited to the White House by then President George Bush in 1991. Eazy E donated $2,500 to his campaign for his stance against censorship.
7. 2 Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac did not start out as rivals. In fact, Biggie once asked Pac to be his manager.
8. Jay-Z
In 2021, Jay-Z won his 23rd Grammy Award, maintaining his career record for most Grammy wins by a rap artist.
9. Outkast
Originally known as 2 Shades Deep, OutKast drew inspiration for their first album from acts the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg and A Tribe Called Quest.
10. Nas
To mark the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking debut album, Illmatic, Nas performed the project in its entirety with the National Symphony Orchestra at D.C.’s Kennedy Center.
11. Lauryn Hill
In February 2021, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill officially sold 10 million records, making Hill the first female MC in history to go Diamond.
12. Lil Wayne
In addition to being a rapper and business owner, Lil Wayne studied psychology at The University of Houston.
13. DMX
The name DMX came from a drum machine he used while staying at a group home. It was later interpreted as Dark Man X
14. Meek Mill
Between the ages of 5 to 15, Meek barely spoke a single word following the murder of his father & instead chose to draw cartoons alone in his room.
15. Drake
He may be a ‘Certified Lover Boy’ now, but Drake actually got sued by an ex-girlfriend for using her voice without permission on his 2011 Take Care lead single “Marvin’s Room.”
16. Kendrick Lamar
Lamar made history in 2018 after becoming the first non-classical or jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize in Music for his 2017 album, DAMN.
17. Megan Thee Stallion
Megan inherited the game from her late mom, who was also a rapper performing under the name Holly-Wood from 2001 to 2007.
18. Hip-Hop History Month: Lil Baby
Lil Baby helped make 2020 a record-breaking year for DSPs, with 3.9 billion of the overall 872.6 billion streams in America that year coming from his sophomore album, My Turn.
19. J. Cole
Cole has gone #1 on the Billboard 200 with every studio album he’s dropped since debuting in 2011.
20. Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle infamously sold his 2013 mixtape Crenshaw for $100, netting $100,000 in profit. Jay-Z brought 100 copies.
Hip-Hop History Month: Celebrating 48 Years Of The Culture was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
