January 23, 2017 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Lee “Q” O’Denat, founder of Worldstar, incurred a not-so-happy ending while visiting a massage parlor in San Diego.

January 23, 1975 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Arlandis “BG Knocc Out” Hinton was born in Compton, California.

January 05, 2009 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Stanley “Mistah F.A.B. Cox was born in Oakland, California.

January 23, 2007 – David “Disco D” Shayman hung himself in his mother’s basement.