Little Known Hip-Hop Facts

LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee came to blows one night backstage.
-Freddie Foxxx put a gun in Benzino’s mouth on the Flavor Unit tour bus, because Benzino would not stop talking **** about what a thug he was

-2pac was robbed and shot by some of Supreme’s boys.

-”I got a story to tell” was vaguelly based on a real life incident Biggie had when he was slipping pipe to John Starks’ woman.

-Paul C was murdered by his wife and his brother.

-Showbiz has almost been sent upstate for attempted murder twice.

-Eric. B beat down Large Professor and ran Kool G. Rap out of New York to Arizona after ‘G. Rap revealed Large Pro produced most of the beats Eric B was supposed to have done on the Eric B. & Rakim albums and “wanted dead or alive”.

-Biz Markie produced most of EPMD’s first album.

-Ghostface, Superb and their team beat down and robbed 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after 50’s dis tracks.

-Johnny Juice did all Terminator X’s cuts on the Public Enemy albums.

Kool Keith met Godfather Don outside some industry event that both of them weren’t allowed entry to. They snuck in through a back window and then hung out for the next month or so recording the ‘Don produced tracks on “the 4 horsemen” and, of course, all the classic Cenobites tracks.

-Just Ice was a prime suspect in a murder case.

-Just Ice turned up in Queens on Poet’s block after the two Rockwell Noel & The Poet tracks dissing Krs One, Red Alert and Ms. Melodie with a shotgun and waited for Poet to come out. Needless to say, Poet stayed in the crib that day.

-DJ Ready Red was kicked out of Geto Boys and shafted by J. Prince because of his lack of melanin.

-Alpo, Fritz, the original 50 Cent from Ft Greene and various other notorious hustlers/killers from the legendary Paid In Full Posse were in the crew shots on “paid in full” and “follow the leader”.

-Rakim recorded a dis cut aimed at ‘Kane for “let the rhythm hit ‘em” and had a verse on the title track itself aimed at him. ‘Kane heard about this and called Rakim to squash it and Rakim went on to scrap the track and remove the verse.

-Eric B. did security for Mike Tyson throughout much of the 90’s.

-Diamond D and his old late 80’s group Ultimate Force with Master Rob recorded a full album with Jazzy Jay which has never been heard.

-A young Fat Joe and his boys Tony Montana(R.I.P) and Charlie Rock L.D were one of the top two crack crews in the Bronx in the mid 80’s and bringing in thousands of $$$$ per day.

-Q Tip got fuked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight in one of his eyes.

-Nas came incredibly close to being on the Large Pro produced Kool G Rap, Xtra P, Freddie Foxxx and Ant posse cut “money in the bank” as he was always hangin’ around Eric B.’s studio but had gone to pick up some weed with a chick so they let the Ant kid on there instead.

- Main Source (sans Large Pro) ran up in the Wild Pitch offices with machetes looking to behead MC Serch (then working as an A&R for the label) after a West Coast promotional tour went sh*ty. MC Serch got wind that they were coming and escaped by crawling over the partial walls for his office and jetting out the back door.

- Grimm was supposed to be on “Live at the Barbecue” but he was arrested on the way to the studio

dj premier stopped workin wit jeru the damaja…cuz jeru got pissed when premier was f*ckin his sister…

ghostface said on tony’s money “this what happens when u dont give niggas they f*ckin money” in response to de la soul for not paying him for the track he was on he also jacked their beat

littles jacked alchemist chain at a recording studio

-According to Marley Marl, him and Cormega had already finished a whole album ready for release before Nas was due to release illmatic. It eventually fell through as Mega was sent to jail.

- Das EFX stole their iggedy style from UK hiphop outfit Demon Boyz while on tour with EPMD.

-Fritz(that ni*** back in the day) used to sell bricks to Alpo, AZ, Rich Porter, Boy George, Tony Montana (Fat Joe’s boy) and them. in other words, he supplied the dealers

-reason why curtis jackson took 50 cents name was because the real 50 cent had major beef wit supremes team & had em shook during his prime

-Masta Killa was the last member to join Wu

-Biggie did a 9 month bid in North Carolina

-Eric B had Large Professor beaten down on one occasion for Xtra P talking sh!t about not getting production credits and because he thought he was gettin’ at him on “snake eyes”.

p Diddy was a back up dancer for Kane & heavy d sometimes

- DMX is the only rapper ever to debut his first 5 albums at number 1.

- Redman got his start from being a local rapper on Yo! MTV Raps.

-R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but had to get an annolment when her parents found out.

-Big L was murdered as revenge for something his brother did. He was shot 8 times, including in the head, b/c the killer had a beef with his brother, who was in jail at the time.

- Dre named his 2nd cd, Chronic 2001 even though it came out in 99, b/c Suge Knight made a cd named Chronic 2000, a cd full of old Death Row tracks.

- If you listen to Many Men, at the beginning if you count the gun shots, there are only 8 instead of 9.

Trick Daddy was jumped and got his chain snatched at a show in Detroit for dissing Trick Trick a local Detroit rapper cause he thought he stole his name.

Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.

buckshot was picked on in hgh school by the rest of BBC they would play mokey i the middle wit his quran

nobody in NWA had a criminal record

B.I.G. had some of his dudes run up in D&D studios and beat down Starang Wondah then had them put the phone to his ear while B.I.G. proceeded to tell him never to f*ck with him again. This was in retaliation for OGC’s first video where they had a fake Biggie get beat down.

Starang admitted it on Heltah Skeltah’s “I Ain’t Havin That”
“like when i was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / i was still gettin b*tches at the tunnel takin pictures”

Murder Inc. - A group featuring Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule was supposed to come out when DMX and Ja Rule had a fallout

Triangle Offense- Joe Budden, Fabolous, and Paul Cain, the album would have came out if joe buddens debut album went platinum, but it didnt so the label didnt feel need to further explore the potential of that group.

Styles P. was only dissing rocafella and Jay-Z during the Beans and Jada beef in order to push jadas album kiss the game goodbye, when styels came out of prison he said he wished he could take it all back and do resoviour dogs part 2 wit “my niggas at the roc”

Ghostwriters Exposed 2

Nas

Will Smith’s “Just Cruisin” – ghost-written by Nas
Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” – ghost-written by Nas
Will Smith’s “Yes Yes Ya’ll” – co-written by Nas & Skillz
Will Smith’s “Chasin’ Forever” – co-written by Nas & Skillz
AZ’s "Mo Money, Mo Murder" – (AZ’s verse) co-written by Nas & AZ
Olu Dara’s "The Jungle" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Affirmative Action" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Hardcore" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Encore" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Firm Fiasco" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Untouchable" – co-written by Nas & Mel Man
Foxy’s Verse on "Firm Biz" – co-written by Nas & AZ
Foxy’s Verse on "Executive Decision" co-written by Nas & Nature
Jermaine Dupri’s "Turn It Out" – co-written by Nas & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "I Gotta Have It" – co-written by Nas & Bryan M. Cox
Jermaine Dupri’s "Still Gotta Have It" – co-written by Nas, Monica, & B. M. Cox
Cha Cha’s "Momma" – ghost-written by Nas
Fat Joe’s "Jon Blaze" – (Fat Joe’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
Timbaland’s "To My…" – ghost-written by Nas
Diddy’s “Journey Through The Life” – (Diddy’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
RUN DMC’s "Queen’s Day" – (Run’s & DMC’s verses) co-written by Nas, Prodigy, & Havoc
Capone-N-Noreaga’s "B EZ" – (Nore’s verse) co-written by Nas & Capone
Kay Slay’s "Too Much 4 Me" – (Foxy’s verse) co-written by Nas
The Neptunes’ "Popular Thug" – (Pharell’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
Diddy’s “Everything I Love” – co-written by Common & Nas




ROC aka Rocky

Jermaine Dupri’s "Money Ain’t A Thang" – co-written by JayZ & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Turn It Out" – co-written by Nas & ROC
Diddy’s verses on "Victory" – co-written by Jadakiss, Biggie, & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Hate Blood" – co-written by ROC & Jadakiss
Jermaine Dupri’s "Get Some" – ghost-written by ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Get Your shit Right" – ghost-written by ROC & D-Dot
Jermaine Dupri’s "Lay It Down" – co-written by ROC & Lil Mo
Jermaine Dupri’s "Ballin Outta Control" – co-written by ROC & Nate Dogg
Mariah Carey’s “Loverboy REMIX” – song/hook co-written by L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, M.Carey, & Cardan; (Da Brat’s verse) co-written by ROC & Cardan
Nick Cannon’s "Whenever U Need Me" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "Stick Up" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "To My Mama" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s verse on "Hardball" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "I Can’t Lose" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "The Future" – ghost-written by ROC & TI
Bow Wow’s "The Don, The Dutch" – ghost-written by ROC & TI
Bow Wow’s "Hey Little Momma" – ghost-written by ROC & TI


Ne Yo

TQ’s “Westside” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Let’s Roll” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Don’t Worry” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Lose My Cool” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Pedal to the Steel” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Away With the Summer Days” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Dance Floor Pt. 2” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Down For The Get Down” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Float Away” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “So Tight” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Marques Houston’s “That Girl” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Christina Milan’s “I’m Sorry” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Christina Milan’s “Y’all Ain’t Nothin” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Nivea’s “Still In Love” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mis-teeq’s “Scandalous” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Samantha Mumba’s “Always Come Back To Your Love” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Just Be Happy” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “The Hotness” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Cassidy’s “Kick It With Me” – vocals written by Ne-Yo
Jaiden’s “Escape” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Jalen’s “All I Need” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Boxie’s “Bridging The Gap” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Candace Jones’ “You And Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Heather Headley’s “The Letter” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Ruben Studdard’s “Feel Beautiful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Cassie’s “Kiss Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Joe’s “It’s On You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “Let Me Love You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “Walk Away” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “So Cold” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “When It Was Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Chris Brown’s “Like That” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Snoop Dogg’s “Let Me” – vocals written by Ne-Yo
Mary J Blige’s “Be Without You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario Vazquez’s “Gallery” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
The Blay’s “My Story” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Let Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Unfaithful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “We Ride” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Beyonce’s “Hollywood” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Marques Houston’s “Wonderful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Elliot Yamin’s “Wait For You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Joe’s “If I Was Your Man” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Musiq’s “Ms. Philadelphia” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “If” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “What’s It Gonna Be” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Don’t Stop The Music” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo



Cardan (Pierre Jones)

Lil Kim’s “Queen bitch” – co-written by Biggie, Cardan, & Kurt Gowdy
Mariah Carey’s “Loverboy REMIX” – song/hook co-written by L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, M.Carey, & Cardan; (Da Brat’s verse) co-written by ROC & Cardan
Camron’s “We Got It” – (both Mase/Cam’s verses) co-written by Mase & Cardan
Camron’s “Confessions” – co-written by Camron & Cardan
Murphy Lee’s “Hold Up” – (Murphy Lee’s & Nelly’s verses) ghost-written by Cardan
Nelly’s “This Goes Out” – (Nelly’s verse) co-written by Cardan & Lil Jon
Nelly’s “Never Let ‘Em C U Sweat” – ghost-written by Cardan
Mase’s “Love U So” – ghost-written by Cardan
Mase’s “Will They Die 4 You” – (Diddy’s verse) co-written by Cardan & Mase
Mase’s “I Need 2 Me” – co-written by Cardan & Mase
Brian McKnight’s "All Night Long" – (Nelly’s verse) ghost-written by Cardan
Jevon Hawkins’ (NFL football player) “Ve Clique” – ghost-written by Cardan
Jevon Hawkins’ (NFL football player) “My Dubbs” – ghost-written by Cardan

Ghostwriters Exposed

JADAKISS

Diddy’s "Senorita" – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Diddy’s verses on "Victory" – co-written by Jadakiss, Biggie, & ROC
Biggie’s "Mo Money Mo Problems" – (biggie’s & diddy’s verse) – co-written by Mase, Jadakiss, & Ed Bernard
Biggie’s verse on “Last Days” – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Charli Baltimore’s “Money” – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Cam’Ron’s “Horse & Carriage” – hook by Jadakiss, both verses co-written by Jadakiss
J-Lo’s "Jenny From The Block" – (Style’s verse) ghost-written by Jadakiss


MA$E

112’s “Only You” (biggie’s verse) – ghost-written by Mase
112’s “Anywhere” (Lil Zane’s verse) – co-written by Mase & Lil Zane
Biggie’s "Mo Money Mo Problems" – (biggie’s & diddy’s verse) – co-written by Mase, Jadakiss, & Ed Bernard
Camron’s “We Got It” – (both Mase/Cam’s verses) co-written by Mase & Cardan
Diddy’s "Friend" – ghost-written by Mase
Philly’s Most Wanted’s "Cross The Border" – ghost-written by Mase
JayZ’s “I Just Wanna Love You” – co-written by Mase & Pharell Williams
Diddy’s "Come 2 Me" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze
Diddy’s "After Love" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze
Diddy’s "Through The Pain" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze


JAY-Z

M. Bleek on "Coming of Age" – ghost-written by JayZ
M. Bleek’s "All Types of " – ghost-written by JayZ
"Coming of Age (Da Sequel)" – (Memphis Bleek’s verse) ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "If I" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Foxy’s Bells" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Get Me Home" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Ill Na Na" – (Foxy’s verse) ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "I’ll Be" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Big Bad Mama” – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Hot Spot" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "I Can’t" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "JOB" – ghost-written by JayZ
Lil Kim’s "Big Momma Thang" – ghost-written by JayZ
Bugs Bunny – "Buggin" (from Spacejam sdtrk) – ghost-written by JayZ
Jermaine Dupri’s "Money Ain’t A Thang" – co-written by JayZ & ROC
Biggie’s "Hypnotize" – co-written by D-Dot
Diddy’s "Fake Thug Dedication" – ghost-written by JayZ
Timbaland’s "Indian Carpet" – ghost-written by JayZ
Dr. Dre’s "Still DRE" – ghost-written by JayZ
Dr. Dre’s "The Watcher" – ghost-written by JayZ & Rakim
Dr. Dre’s "The Message" – co-written by JayZ, Rell, & Royce Da 5’9"
Snoop Dogg’s "Intrology" – ghost-written by JayZ
Pro The Spectacula’s "Call Ya Boy" – ghost-written by JayZ
Pro The Spectacula’s "Handle Barz" – ghost-written by JayZ
Slim Thug’s “I Ain’t Heard of That” – ghost-written by JayZ
Slim Thug’s “I Ain’t Heard of That RMX” – co-written by JayZ
Fort Minor’s “Where’d You Go” – co-written by JayZ & Mike Shinoda


Smitty

Will Smith’s “Miami” – ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s "Bad Boys 4 Life" – Diddy’s verse co-written by Smitty & Black Rob
Diddy’s “And We” – Hook, Diddy’s, & Foxy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Loon’s “How You Want That” – ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s “Show Me Your Soul” – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s "Shake Ya Tailfeather" – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s “Girl I’m A Bad Boy” – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Baby & Diddy’s “Do That” – ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Cop” – Dr. Dre’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Benefit of the Doubt” – ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Hollywood” – ghost-written by Smitty
Dr. Dre’s “The Wash”– ghost-written by Smitty
Dr. Dre’s “On The Boulevard” – co-written by Smitty & Knoc-Turnal
Beyonce’s “Summertime” – co-written by Smitty


T.I.

Bow Wow’s "Let’s Get Down" – ghost-written by TI
Bow Wow’s "I’ll Move On" – ghost-written by TI
Bow Wow’s "The Future" – ghost-written by TI & ROC
Bow Wow’s "The Don, The Dutch" – ghost-written by TI & ROC
Bow Wow’s "Hey Little Momma" – ghost-written by TI & ROC


THE D.O.C.

Dr. Dre’s “Keepin’ It Dope” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Dr. Dre’s “A * Witta Gun” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Dr. Dre’s "Little Ghetto Boy" – co-written by D.O.C. & Snoop
Dr. Dre’s “Big Egos” – co-written by D.O.C., Mel Man, & Brian A. Bailey
Dr. Dre’s “Housewife” – co-written by D.O.C. & Mel Man
Snoop Dogg’s “Snoop’s Upside Ya Head” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Trina’s “Ain’t ” – song/hook co-written by D.O.C. & Trina; (Snoop’s verse) co-written by D.O.C. & Kurupt
Twista/Mobstability’s “Mobstability” – co-written by D.O.C. & Twista
Ice Cube’s “Once Upon A Time In…2” – co-written by Ice Cube & D.O.C.
Ice Cube’s “Roll All Day” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Ice Cube’s “Until We Rich” – (Ice cube’s verse) ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Bone Thugs’ “This Ain’t a Game” song/hook co-written by Trey Songz & D.O.C.; verses co-written by Bone Thugs & D.O.C.
Snoop Dogg’s “Boss Life” – co-written by D.O.C., Stanley Benton, & Akon
Snoop Dogg’s “Round Here” – (Snoop’s verses) co-written by D.O.C. & S. Benton
Snoop Dogg’s “Imagine” – co-written by D.O.C., Snoop, D’Angelo, & Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg’s “That’s That” – (Snoop’s verses) ghostwritten by D.O.C.