Congrats to Kodak Black! 🎉 He just received the key to his hometown, Pompano Beach, Florida 🗝️The city honored him for his commitment to giving back through community outreach and local impact. 👏

Highest first-week sales on the Billboard 200 by hip-hop artists this century 🤯📈

This ball boy built an insane collection of game-worn sneakers in the 80’s In 2023, a pair of Michael Jordan’s signed 1984 Nike Air Ships - the sneakers he wore as a rookie before the Air Jordan 1 - sold for $282,000 at auction. They came from the collection of Jason Edelmann, a Detroit Pistons ball boy in the mid-’80s and early ’90s, who spent years constantly asking NBA stars for their game-worn shoes. Players like Jordan, Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, and Robert Parish handed over pairs, often signed, simply because Edelmann asked. Jordan even teased him once, saying, “What are you gonna do with them, put plants in them?” before giving him his Air Ships. In total, 13 pairs from Edelmann’s vault went to auction, and while the prices of the other pairs were not made public, his collection proves that if you don’t ask, you don’t get.

Another rare tracklist of 2Pac's planned 1996 album called "Euthanasia". This was written while he was in prison, so these songs dont exist the way it is layed out. The album eventually morphed into "All Eyez On Me".

On July 26, 2005, Jeezy released his debut album “Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101” 🔥 The project debuted at no. 2 on the Billboard 200 after selling 172,000 units in the first week week. Today, the album is currently RIAA Certified 2X Platinum 💿 favorite track?

🚨'The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are' is the debut studio album by #Florida based hip-hop group the #2LiveCrew. ▪️It was released in July 25, 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA. ▪️It includes the hits "We Want Some Pxssy", "Throw the 'D'", and "Cuttin' It Up". ▪️In Florida, it was deemed obscene, and one store clerk was charged with felony "corruption of a minor" for selling it to a 14-year-old girl. The clerk was later acquitted

Billionaire #TylerPerry says that he doesn’t believe in financially supporting his extended family members just because he can afford it. During an appearance on the YouTube series “Den of Kings” with host #KirkFranklin, Perry said that he once fired his aunt from a job because she didn’t take it seriously. He said that the aunt would constantly call asking for money, and he told her he wanted to help her rather than be welfare to her, so he offered her a job. He said that she kept calling out and not showing up to work so he fired her. “Well, you gotta go, because you want me to hand you the money, but you don’t want to work for it. See, that doesn’t work for me.” Perry also said after his mother died in 2009, he sent letters to all of the family members that she asked him to financially support, telling them they now had 60 days to get a job. He said they all ended up finding jobs. According to Forbes, Tyler Perry is worth $1.4 billion mainly due to him owning 100% of the content he creates. His “Madea” franchise has grossed over $660 million.

✅ In 1993, Crucial Conflict was still years away from their breakout hit “Hay,” but they were already making serious noise on the underground Chicago circuit. What most fans don’t know is that their first recordings were done on cassette through a tiny West Side basement studio run by producer Wildstyle, who later became the group’s in-house beatmaker. According to a 1996 interview in Rap Sheet, the group was developing a fast-paced, harmonized style inspired by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, but with deeper roots in Chicago’s juke, footwork, and blues scenes. The original lineup was even slightly different, with some early sessions rumored to include verses from local artists who didn’t make the final cut when they signed with Universal. ✅ A rarely confirmed rumor, supported by DJ Geno from Chicago’s old WGCI radio staff, says that Crucial Conflict recorded an unreleased EP in 1993 titled Mad Conflict, featuring early versions of “Desperado” and “Ride the Rodeo” before they were polished for The Final Tic. These early demos were passed around on dubbed tapes in high schools across the West Side and South Side and even made it into the hands of Twista, who gave the group props publicly at a 1994 open mic at the Cotton Club. Some of these tapes reportedly still exist in collector circles, making them one of the most valuable lost gems in Chicago hip hop history. Sources: Rap Sheet Magazine (1996 Crucial Conflict interview) DJ Geno interview on Vocalo Radio (2018) WGCI Radio Archives (1993 playlist reports) The Final Tic Liner Notes (1996, Universal Records) Chicago Hip Hop Oral History Project (University of Chicago, 2005) #CrucialConflict #Chicago #HipHop #1993Rap #WestSideChicago