February 16: Mahershala Ali Was Born. (1974)
January 05, 2009 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Mahershala Ali was born in Oakland, California.
February 10: J Dilla Passes Away. (2006)
Febbruary 10, 2006 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, we lost James "J Dilla" Yancey.
February 9: Apache Releases Apache Ain’t Sh*t. (1993)
February 09, 1993 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Apache released his debut album Apache Ain't Shit on Tommy Boy / Warner Bros.
February 9: Digable Planets Release Reachin’… (1993)
February 09, 1993 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Digable Planets released their debut album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) on Electra / Pen…
February 8: Capone Was Born. (1976)
February 08, 1976 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Kiam "Capone" Holley was born.
February 8: Project Pat Was Born. (1973)
February 08, 1973 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, Patrick "Project Pat" Houston was born.
February 7: J Dilla Was Born. (1974)
February 07, 1974 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, James "J Dilla" Yancey was born.
February 7: 2pac Sentenced To Prison. (1995)
February 07, 1995 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, 2pac was sentenced to a 1 1/2 - 4 1/2 year prison term for the 1st degree sexual abuse (groping) of Ayann…
February 7: Big Pun Passes Away. (2000)
February 07, 2000 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, we lost Christopher "Big Pun" Rios. Big Pun suffered a fatal heart attack at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Whi…
February 7: MC Gusto Was Born. (1965)
February 07, 1965 - On This Date In Hip-Hop, straight outta locash, a crazy muthaf*cka named Gusto was born.