January 12: Olu Dara Jones Was Born. (1941)

January 12, 1980 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Xavier “Zaytoven” Dotson was born in Frankfurt, Germany.

January 12, 1981 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, pop-rock band Blondie released Rapture.

January 12, 1994 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, House Party 3 was released in theaters.

Sador #SandmanNegus Fasehaye was born in Bulgaria.

January 12, 1977 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, DJ Paul was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 12, 1970 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Corey “Raekwon” Woods was born.

January 12, 2001 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, The Roc was in full effect when they pulled up on Funkmaster Flex and Cipha Sounds.

January 12, 2000 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Ice Cube’s Next Friday was released in theaters.