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210. Eminem considered Dido for “Bad Guy,” but didn’t want to give away the “Stan” reference. 1
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209. Kendrick Lamar used to have a crush on Brandy.
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208. The Geto Boys’ self-titled album released in 1990 is one of the first Hip Hop records to have a “Parental Advisory” sticker on it due to its violent content. 2
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207. 2 Chainz is an only child. 3
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206. Jay Z bought a Jean Michel-Basquiat painting for $4.5 million. 4
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205. 80% of Tyler, the Creator’s Goblin album was done on FruityLoops. 5
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204. The beat for Nas’ “Halftime” beat was originally for Busta Rhymes. Busta reveals, “I sat in Large Professor’s house, and he actually made the “Halftime” beat for me…I didn’t know what to do with it. I gave it to Nas and he sledgehammered that.”
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203. Lauryn Hill, Pras Michel and another female vocalist were in a group that rapped in different languages called the Tranzlator Crew before meeting Wyclef Jean and forming The Fugees. 6
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202. The Roots have their own mural dedicated to them in Philadelphia located near the intersection of Broad and South streets. It traces the history of the group and is one of more than 3,600 pieces of art created by the city’s Mural Arts Program. 7
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201. Mystikal served time in the U.S. Army during Desert Storm. 8
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References:
1. [Shade 45 Eminem Town Hall Interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOP9Db-GtFY ]↩
2. [Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_Advisory]↩
3. [Interview Magazine http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/2-chainz/]↩
4. [NY Post http://nypost.com/2013/11/20/jay-z-buys-basquiat-painting-for-4-5m/]↩
5. [RESPECT Magazine http://respect-mag.com/respect-online-exclusive-fly-or-die-elliott-wilson-interviews-tyler-the-creator-2/]↩
6. [Rolling Stone Magazine http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fugees/biography]↩
7. [http://muralarts.org/about/press/roots-live-large-new-philadelphia-mural]↩
8. [http://iplanethiphop.ning.com/profiles/blogs/rappers-who-served-in-the]↩