January 06: Life After Death Goes Diamond. (2000)

January 06, 2000 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, The Notorious BIG’s Life After Death was certified DIAMOND by the RIAA for selling over 10 MILLION units.

Hip-Hop’s DIAMOND Club includes:

MC Hammer’s  Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
2Pac’s -All Eyez On Me (1996)
Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Eminem’s  The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Nelly’s  Country Grammar (2000)
Eminem’s  The Eminem Show (2002)
Outkast’s Speakerboxx/The Love Below (2003)
2pac’s Greatest Hits (1998)
Beastie Boys’ Licensed To iLL (1986)

Below: Recording sessions for Life After Death