April 15: Blu Was Born. (1983)
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April 15, 1983 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Johnson “Blu” Barnes was born in San Pedro, California. Blu would grow up to: (1) become a hype man, (2) be influenced by Common, Tupac, Nas, De La Soul, NWA and The Roots, (3) become 1/2 of Blu And Exile, (4) be in XXL’s 2009 Freshmen class and (5) release 5 solo projects amongst many other EP’s, mixtapes and collaboration albums.
Happy Birthday Blu!
GEM: Comments will make your wallet fat. 🤑
One of the illest in the game. Give Me Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them is a special piece of work
Blu & Nottz > Blu & Exile
Blu is one of the coldest MCs on the mic; what’s y’all favorite track by him?