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The best selling album, Greatest Hits, released by 2Pac was released In what year?
1998
1998
2002
2002
1990
1990
1997
1997
In July 2017 hip hop surpassed which genre of music to be the most listened to in the US?
Pop
Pop
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll
Indie
Indie
Classical
Classical
In 1994 Biggie Smalls married which R&B artist?
Faith Evans
Faith Evans
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Lauren Hill
Lauren Hill
Who was the rapper from Compton, California who was at one time signed to G-Unit Records?
The Game
The Game
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep
Young Buck
Young Buck
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Eminem starred in the film ‘8 Mile’, set in his real life home town, which is what city?
Chicago
Chicago
Denver
Denver
Detroit
Detroit
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Tupac was killed in a drive by shooting in which US city in 1996?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Detroit
Detroit
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
New York
New York
The rap record label Rap-A-Lot was founded in which city, where is head office still remains?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Nashville
Nashville
New York
New York
Houston
Houston
The best selling album, The Eminem Show, released by Eminem was released In what year?
2003
2003
1990
1990
2000
2000
2002
2002
Whose debut album is ‘Illmatic’?
EPMD
EPMD
Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Afu-Ra
Afu-Ra
Nas
Nas
Who was the first artist to remix Drake’s song ‘Started from the Bottom’?
Tyga
Tyga
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Juicy J
Juicy J
Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa
The album, The College Dropout , was released by which hip hop group or artist?
Eminem
Eminem
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Kanye West
Ludacris
Ludacris
What was the name of The Game’s debut album in 2005?
The Documentary
The Documentary
The Game
The Game
The TV Show
The TV Show
The Movie
The Movie
Whose debut album was called ‘Reasonable Doubt’?
2pac
2pac
P.Diddy
P.Diddy
Notorious B.I.G
Notorious B.I.G
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Which successful rapper and hip hop star was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996?
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Notorious B.I.G
Notorious B.I.G
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ by 50 Cent went platinum how many times?
1
1
10
10
8
8
70
70
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