January 28, 1968 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, William “Rakim” Griffin was born. Rakim would grow up to: (1) be known as Kid Wizard, (2) join The Nation of Gods and Earths and change his name to Rakim Allah, (3) become 1/2 of Eric B. And Rakim, (4) release 3 solo albums and 4 with EricB, (5) play the saxophone, (6) sign to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath, (7) be widely regarded as LEGEND and Top 5 emcee in Hip-Hop.
#HappyBirthday Rakim!!.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Cam’ron hit up Funkmaster Flex for Freestyle 171. Shut up, Flex… Cam’ron got a flight to catch.
On This Date In Hip-Hop, Isaiah Rashad released his Cilvia Demo EP on Top Dawg Ent.
January 28, 1968 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Lawrence “DJ Muggs” Muggerud was born in Queens, New York.
January 28, 1997 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, the soundtrack to Gridlockd was released on Interscope/Deathrow.
January 28, 2013 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Pusha-T released his 2nd mixtape – Wrath Of Caine on GOOD Music/Re-Up Records.
January 28, 1984 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Def Jam released its very 1st single to don the Def Jam logo.
January 28, 1997 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Camp Lo released their debut album Uptown Saturday Night on Profile.
January 28, 1985 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Jermaine “J. Cole” was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
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