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290. Lil B’s favorite fruit is mango. 1
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289. Some of Nas’ favorite albums include I Want You by Marvin Gaye, Shaved Fish, by John Lennon, EPMD’s Unfinished Business and The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. 2
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288. A lot of Missy Elliott’s dancers on the set of “She’s a Bitch” kept slipping on the wet platform and suffered from asthma attacks because they had to be underwater. Many also broke out from the makeup. 3
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287. Fat Joe was once kicked out of an all-you-can-eat crab restaurant in Miami for overindulging. 4
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286. The first album Jay Dilla ever owned was The Wiz soundtrack at age 3.
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285. Common enjoys going to church on New Year’s Eve to spend time with God. 5
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284. According to Just Blaze, a song called “Looking at my S Dots” was pulled from Jay Z’s The Black Album to make room for “PSA” instead. 6
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283. Questlove (of The Roots) always purchases 20 copies of his albums the day they are released. 7
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282. Cee-Lo recorded “Crazy” in one take. 8
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281. KRS-One’s favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny. 9
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References:
1. [https://twitter.com/LILBTHEBASEDGOD/status/466630925938225152]↩
2. [http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/10/hey-young-world-tyler-the-creator-interviews-nas-pt-1-excerpt-from-the-november-2011-issue/2/]↩
3. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5923011/ladies-first-31-female-rappers-who-changed-hip-hop?page=0%2C11]↩
4. [All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear interview - 5/13/14]↩
5. [http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Common-Rapper-Interview-When-to-Speak-Up]↩
6. [http://www.thefader.com/2013/11/14/moment-of-clarity-an-oral-history-of-jay-zs-the-black-album/]↩
7. [https://twitter.com/questlove/status/468766637307731968]↩
8. [http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6318-gnarls-barkley/]↩
9. [http://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/krsone_int.htm]↩