Every week as part of our Saturday night hip hop show The Breaks, hosts Confucius and Fresh present facts about the culture of hip hop and R&B that you might not have known.
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Disclaimer: None of these facts have been fact-checked so might in fact be false. Read at your own risk.
#1 – Alicia Keys Major debut correction!
- Previously, Confucious said Alicia Keys’ major label debut was on the Men In Black Soundtrack (an all-time classic), however, her debut was actually in 1996 (great year) with a recording of “Little Drummer Boy” on a So So Def Christmas compilation.
- It’s okay to admit you’re wrong, ya’ll.
# 2 After over twenty years of speculation, it has been confirmed. Big L was shot and killed only a few days before he was about to be signed to Rock-A-Fella records.
- Big L rest in peace.
# 3 Rember ustream.tv? That’s where Frank Ocean’s debuted his first mixtape.
- And it was on a stream with Ciara! Wonder how she feels about his come up…
# 4 – After working on a record with P. Diddy, Talib Kweli says Puff paid him with a pair of Sean John shoes.
- Money would have been good too…
# 5 – Memphitz signed T. Pain and Chris Brown were signed on the exact same day.
- It was a good day for Jive Records A&R team.
# 6 – In Pain in Full (2002) Cam’ron legit punched that man in the mouth
- You can see where they had to stop the take. Props to the editor’s smooth jump cut.
- Hopefully he got a bonus.
