Movies
Starring Ice Cube, this movie Spike Lee film is considered to be one of the most important films of the twentieth century
What is Boyz In The Hood
This group landed the first song on the Billboard top 100
What is Sugar Hill and the Gang?
This MTV show focused on hip hop in way that had never been done before
What is Yo! MTV Raps?
Real G’s move in silence like lasagna
Lil Wayne
She was the first solo female rapper to win a hip hop album of the year
What is Cardi B?
Name the two hip hop movies where the rappers played themselves as their main role
What is 8 Mile and Get Rich or Die Trying
This female group became the first female group to go platinum
What is Salt-N-Peppa?
This was the first sitcom to star a rap star
What is The Fresh Prince?
Life without knowledge is death in disguise
What is Talib Kweli?
Considered by most to be top 5 dead or alive, this NY MC has never won a grammy
What is Nas?
Tackling racism, this 1989 Spike Lee film went on to win the oscar for best screenplay
What is Do The Right Thing
In 2016, this group made arguably one the greatest comebacks in Hip Hop
What is A Tribe Called Quest?
This breakthrough rap song combined genres in a new way that smashed through the charts becoming the first rap song to reach the top 5 in the Billboard top 100
What is Walk this Way?
I'm a lethal weapon, a saber or a razor, Darth Vader, Al Qaeda/Every friend of Jada, that said it all, I'm a midget at labor/Deliverin' babies the size of raiders
What is Rapsody?
This duo was the first hip hop act to win a grammy
What is Dj Jazzy Jeff and The French Prince?
This 2005 movie’s soundtrack was the first to have a hip hop a song win an academy award
What is Hustle and Flow?
Starting in 1987, this considered to be is the longest standing hip hop group of all time
What is The Roots?
In the early 2000’s this rapper did a duet with Elton John at the grammys boasting both of their careers
What is Eminem ?
I’m so ahead of my time my parents haven’t met yet
What is Big L?
This rapper holds the record for most grammys
What is Jay-Z?
This movie is considered to be the first hip hop film
What is Wild Style?
This was the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
What is Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five?
This “rap,” video was the first to be played on MTV
What is Rapture by Blondie's?
Beef with me hangs around like an unpaid bill
What is Freddie Foxx AKA Bumpy Knuckles?
What are the only two Hip-Hop Artists to win album of the year?
What is Outkast and Lauryn Hill ?