February 3: Voletta Wallace Was Born. (19**)

February 03, 2019 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Sir 21 Savage was detained by federal agents. But oddly, not the kind of feds that we normally associate with rappers.

February 03, 2017 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Big Sean’s 4th album I Decided dropped on GOOD Music / Def Jam.

February 03, 2016 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, we lost Keith “Big Kap” Carter.

February 03, 1998 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Screwed Up Click’s Patrick “Fat Pat” Hawkins was shot and killed in Houston, Texas.

February 03, 2004 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, DJ Danger Mouse released The Grey Album.

February 03, 2004 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, the soundtrack to Barbershop 2 was released.