June 1: Big Pun & Fat Joe Freestyle at Hot 97. (1997)

June 1, 2022 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Cyhi returns to the L.A. Leakers and sets the MF on fire just like he did with Freestyle #014. Too many damn quotables.

On This Date In Hip-Hop, Black Thought’s 9th Wonder-produced EP Streams of Thought was released.

June 1, 1970 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Deon “Trip Locc” and DeWayne “Wayniac” Williams were born.

June 1, 1993 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e released their debut album Faces of Death.

June 1, 2001 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, despite an apology and a profession of self-defense, the homie Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the Club New York shooting that involved Puffy and J-Lo.

June 1, 1999 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Ja Rule’s debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, was released on Murder Inc.

June 1, 2002 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo released 50 Cent Is The Future – the 1st official G-Unit mixtape.