ILL VERIFY...


T.I. didn't start off trap. He isn't from bankhead. Back in high school, he was just one of those kids that "does things just to be bad". He stratted selling drugs by choice.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT TRUE..HE DID "TRAP", BUT HE GOT MOST HIS MONEY FROM KANDI OF THE RB GROUP XSCAPE(USED TO BE SIGNED TO SO SO DEF), THATS HIS BABY MAMA.

Outkast met one day in high school when they both noticed the other also had a very weird haircut.
HEARD THIS ONE IS TRUE..EXCEPT THEY MET BATTLING EACH OTHER DURING LUNCH.

Keith Murray owns one of OJ Simpsons actual buffolo bills jersey. He recived it as a gift after he got out of jail.
CANT CONFIRM
Joe Budden used to be severely addicted to crack and heroin.
NOPE...HE WAS ADDICTED TO PCP..WENT TO REHAB FOR IT

Fat Joe orginally helped put Big L on.
ACTUALLY..THEY WERE BOTH IN D.I.T.C...LORD FINESSE PUT BOTH OF THEM ON

d'angelo was suppose to sing on break you off, but instead they got ????? since d'angelo had some problems.
CANT CONFIRM

royce was suppose to be on explosive, but his manager had some issue with ghostwriting and royce was pulled out.
ACTUALLY THERE WAS A VERSION OF XXPLOSIVE WITH JUST ROYCE ON IT..MANAGER SAID DR DRE DIDNT PAY HIM FOR GHOSTWRITING SOME OF CHRONIC 2001

half of illmatic was nas' demo tape.
TRUE...ONLY HALFTIME, IT AINT HARD TO TELL, AND NY STATE OF MIND WERE RECORDED AFTER HE SIGNED WITH COLUMBIA.

i'm just a villian was suppose to be the 11th track on illmatic.
CANT CONFIRM

aalyiah pulled out of the you won't see me tonight because of the contraversy over hate me now.
NO...SCHEDULING CONFLICT WHEN HE SHOT VIDEO

hype williams once said he won't even listen to you if your video budget is under a million bucks.
YES....NOW HE ONLY GETS 4OOK PER VIDEO

2pac is the only artist to have a number one album while in prision.
TRUE

run dmc had the first gold, platnium and multiplatnium rap records.
NO...WILL SMITH WAS THE FIRST MULTIPLATINUM RAP ARTIST AND FIRST TO WIN A GRAMMY

beastie boys were the first act to debut at #1.
YES

the breaks by kurtis blow was the first gold rap single.
NO...SUGARHILL GANG ACTUALLY WENT GOLD FIRST

kanye west was originally going to sign to capitol records.
KIND OF...JOE 3H WAS GOING TO SIGN HIM, BUT THE LABEL PASSED ON HIM
busta rhymes and q-tip demand a bucket of kfc and condoms where they preform.
HAHA...MAYBE

del ghostwrote jackin for beats and no vasiline.
NO...BUT HE IS ICE CUBES COUSIN

suge was mad about the crip refrences in "ain't no fun" so he made warren g change his line to "in my chevy 6-4, red to be exact!"
NO....


BDK wrote most of biz markie's album "going off" and wrote roxanne shante's diss to BDP "have a nice day".
TRUE

(rumor) when suge knight initially confronted vanilla ice it was at a resturant where suge sat across from nilla mean mugging him giving him bad signals. then, shook as hell, vanilla ice ran out the place screaming "HELP ME! THE BLOODS AND CRIPS ARE AFTER ME!"
NO...IVE HEARD THERE REALLY WASNT THAT BIG OF A CONFRONTATION..JUST SIGN THIS OVER..AND HE DID...NO QUESTIONS ASKED

vanilla ice's "to the x-treme" is the highest selling rap album of all time.
NO...FUGEES...THE SCORE..16 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE...

hammer was the first rapper to have an album 10x platnium.
TRUE

cypress hill was the first latino rap group to go platnium.
TRUE

outkast was originally going to call themselves 2 shades deep.
CANT CONFIRM

cee-lo was in the original outkast but backed out.
YES..SO WAS MR DJ, AND BIG RUBE

player's ball was originally a christmas song complete with jingle bells and **** but it was changed because la face thought it was hot enough for another version.
TRUE

dj kay slay was in style wars by his tagging name DEZ.
YES