June 23, 2010 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, 2pac’s “Dear Mama” was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for being deemed culturally, historic or aesthetically important in reflecting life in AmeriKKKa. Tupac’s song is up in there with The Star Spangled Banner, Aretha Franklin’s RESPECT, The Message and Martin Luther King’s i Have A Dream speech – to name a few.
RIP Afeni Shakur RIP 2pac.
June 23, 1992 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, the soundtrack to Mo’ Money was released.
June 23, 1978 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Malik “Memphis Bleek” Cox was born.
June 23, 1971 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Ernest “No I.D.” Wilson was born.
June 23, 2017 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Vince Staples released his 2nd album Big Fish Theory on Blacksmith/DefJam.
June 23, 1992 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, N2 Deep released their debut album Back To The Hotel on Profile Records.
June 23, 1972 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Farid “Fredwreck” Nassar was born in Flint, Michigan.
June 23, 2022 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, after a public spat a couple years ago, Snoop Dogg and Eminem team up for From The D 2 The LBC
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