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Happy Birthday MC Shan
Happy 51st birthday to legendary Juice Crew member MC Shan. Shan was born on September 9rh, 1965.
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Today In Hip-Hop History – MC Lyte Drops “Eyes On This”
Source: Tiffany Rose / Getty September 12th, 1989, MC Lytle released her classic second album “Eyes On This”.
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Happy Birthday Bizzy Bone
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty One fifth of the legendary Bone Thugs And Harmony, Bizzy Bone turns 40 today. He was born September 12th, 1976.
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Happy Birthday to Texas’ Own Z-Ro, Watch His Latest Music Video
Source: Ray Tamarra / Getty Happy 40th birthday to a true Texas legend. Z-Ro was born on January 19th, 1977. He continues to make new music too. Check out his latest in the video below. Sign Up For Our...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – R.I.P. Nate Dogg
Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty 6 years ago today, we lost legendary hip-hop hook king Nate Dogg. Nate passed away after a long battle with several health issues on March 15th, 2011. His voice can be...
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Happy Birthday Flavor Flav
Source: Erika Goldring / Getty All madness aside ( and there’s a lot of it), happy birthday to the greatest hype man in the history of hip-hop. A crucial member of arguably hip-hop’s most powerful...
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Happy Birthday Sean Price
Source: Getty Today would have been the 45th birthday of the late great Sean Price. P was born on March 17th, 1972. Price was a member of 90’s duo Heltah Skeltah, and a member of the Boot Camp Click....
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Today In Hip-Hop – Outkast Drops “Rosa Parks”
Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty 18 years ago today, 2 dope boys in a Cadillac released the lead single from their game changing 3rd album “Aquemini”. The song “Rosa Parks”, would go on to multi-platinum...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Run DMC Drops Their Debut
Source: Paul Natkin / Getty 33 years ago today, Run DMC released their debut – self titled album. “Run DMC” dropped on March 27th, 1984. The game changing album featured only 9 tracks, but several of...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Ol’ Dirty Returns To The 36th Chamber
Source: Bob Berg / Getty / Getty 22 years ago today, Ol’ Dirty Bastard released his solo debut “Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version”. Featuring classic singles like “Brooklyn Zoo”, and “Shimmy...
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Happy Birthday Salt!
Source: Tim Roney / Getty Happy 51st born day to one of the queens of this hip-hop thing, Cheryl “Salt” James of the almighty Salt-N-Pepa was born on this day in 1966. She was working at Sears with her...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Drop Their Debut
Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty 29 years ago today, the world was introduced to 2 stars from Philly. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” on Jive Records,...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Onyx Makes Us Bacdafucup
Source: Al Pereira / Getty 24 years ago today, the mad face invasion began with the release of Onyx’s debut album “Bacdafucup”. Featuring the smashes “Throw Ya Gunz”, “Slam”, and several other bangers,...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Gang Starr Drops “Moment Of Truth”
Source: Paul Natkin / Getty Source: PYMCA / Getty 19 years ago today, Gnag Starr released their classic 4th album “Moment Of Truth”. Featuring joints like “Above The Clouds” and “You Know My Steez”,...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Mobb Deep Drop Their Debut Album – And No, It...
Source: Bryan Bedder / Getty Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW 24 years ago today, Mobb Deep released their debut album “Juvenile Hell”. It was so largely unnoticed that most fans confuse...
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Why Today Is A Historically Great Day For Hip-Hop
Source: David Corio / Getty Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW Todays date, April 14th, has already given us what is widely considered hip-hop’s greatest album – Public Enemys “It Takes A...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Tribe Drops Their First Classic Album
Source: rollingstone / Rollingstone Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW 27 years ago today, A Tribe Called Quest released their classic debut album “Peoples Instinctive Travels And The...
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Happy Birthday Redman
Source: Travis P Ball / Getty Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW Happy 47th birthday to one of the greatest to ever do it – Redman. The Jersey MC was born on April 17th, 1970. Red...
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Happy Birthday To One Of The GOAT’s: Grandmaster Caz
Source: Steven A Henry / Getty Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW Grandmaster Caz (in the blue Yankee hat above) turns 56 today. Caz is noted by many MC’s as not only one of the greats,...
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Today In Hip-Hop History – Nas Drops Illmatic
Source: Steve Granitz / Getty Follow Boom 94.5 On Twitter: Follow @Boom945DFW April 19th, 1994 – Nas dropped his debut, game changing, critically adored album “Illmatic” on Columbia Records. Hip-hop’s...
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