January 13, 1972 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Brandt "B-Legit" Jones was born.

January 13, 2009 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, the soundtrack to the Notorious biopic was released on Bad Boy.

January 13, 1998 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, The Lox released their debut album Money Power And Respect on Bad Boy.

January 13, 2017 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Nick Grant dropped his debut album Return Of The Cool.

January 12, 2000 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Ice Cube's Next Friday was released in theaters.

January 12, 2001 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, The Roc was in full effect when they pulled up on Funkmaster Flex and Cipha Sounds.

January 12, 1970 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Corey "Raekwon" Woods was born.

Sador #SandmanNegus Fasehaye was born in Bulgaria.

January 12, 1977 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, DJ Paul was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 12, 1941 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Olu Dara Jones was born in Natchez, Mississippi.