95 Hip Hop History Trivia Questions with Answers
95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which rap group released the 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet?
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Public Enemy
Which 1989 album by 2 Live Crew was the first U.S. album ruled legally obscene?
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As Nasty as They Wanna Be
What is the title of De La Soul’s 1989 debut album, widely praised for its playful sampling and inventive skits?
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3 Feet High and Rising
What was the title of Queen Latifah’s 1989 debut studio album?
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All Hail the Queen
Which 1989 Public Enemy song was commissioned for Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing?
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Fight the Power
Which rapper was the first hip-hop artist signed to a major record label?
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Kurtis Blow
Which 1987 album was Public Enemy’s debut studio album?
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Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Which rapper became the first woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance?
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Queen Latifah
Which hip-hop group released the 1990 album The Cactus Album?
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3rd Bass
Which group released the 1986 album Licensed to Ill?
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Beastie Boys
Which rapper released the 1988 album Lyte as a Rock?
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MC Lyte
Which Bronx group released the 1982 single “Planet Rock,” a landmark electro-hip-hop recording?
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Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
Which 1989 song by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince became the first rap recording to win a Grammy Award?
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“Parents Just Don't Understand”
Which record label released Dr. Dre’s 1992 debut solo album The Chronic?
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Death Row Records
Which 1993 album introduced the Wu-Tang Clan with the single “C.R.E.A.M.”?
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Which 1988 album was the debut studio album of the hip-hop group De La Soul?
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3 Feet High and Rising
Which 1995 2Pac album became the first album by an incarcerated artist to debut at number one?
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Me Against the World
Which 1990 MC Hammer album became the first hip-hop album certified diamond by the RIAA?
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Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
Which record label did Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin co-found in 1984?
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Def Jam Recordings
Who became the first hip-hop artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
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Kendrick Lamar
Which Beastie Boys album became the first rap album to top the Billboard 200?
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Licensed to Ill
Which 1988 Public Enemy album includes “Bring the Noise” and “Don’t Believe the Hype”?
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Which 1988 album by N.W.A made “Straight Outta Compton” a landmark of gangsta rap?
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Straight Outta Compton
Which Bronx DJ hosted the August 11, 1973 party often cited as hip hop’s birth?
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DJ Kool Herc
What was the title of the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Who released the 1982 hip-hop single "The Message" with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five