What was LL Cool J’s 1985 debut studio album?
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Radio
95 Hip Hop Legends Trivia Questions with Answers
95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was Tupac Shakur’s birth name?
Answer
Lesane Parish Crooks
Which group released the 1996 album ATLiens?
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Outkast
What was the birth name of The Notorious B.I.G.?
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Christopher Wallace
Which hip hop duo won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989?
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
What is Queen Latifah’s birth name?
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Dana Owens
Which album by MC Hammer became the first hip hop album certified diamond in the United States?
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Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em
What record label did Eazy-E co-found in 1986?
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Ruthless Records
What was Public Enemy’s third studio album, released in 1990?
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Fear of a Black Planet
Which 1989 album by Queen Latifah was her debut studio release?
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All Hail the Queen
What was Kanye West’s 2004 debut studio album, known for songs such as “Through the Wire” and “Jesus Walks”?
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The College Dropout
Which hip hop group released the 1989 album 3 Feet High and Rising?
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De La Soul
Which Lauryn Hill song won the 1999 Grammy for Best R&B Song after appearing on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
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Doo Wop (That Thing)
Which hip hop group released “The Message,” the socially conscious 1982 single featuring the line “Don’t push me”?
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Which hip hop duo released the 1988 album By All Means Necessary?
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Boogie Down Productions
Which artist released the 1989 album All Hail the Queen?
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Queen Latifah
What was Jay-Z’s 1996 debut studio album, released through Roc-A-Fella Records?
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Reasonable Doubt
Which 1986 Beastie Boys album became the first hip hop LP to top the US Billboard 200?
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Licensed to Ill
Which hip hop collective included Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White?
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A Tribe Called Quest
Which 1989 album by De La Soul introduced the group with the single “Me Myself and I”?
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3 Feet High and Rising
Which female rap trio released the 1986 hit “Push It”?
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Salt-N-Pepa
Which rap group released the 1993 album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)?
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Wu-Tang Clan
Which 1997 debut album by Missy Elliott was produced largely by Timbaland?
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Supa Dupa Fly
Which 1998 album became Lauryn Hill’s first solo studio album after her work with the Fugees?
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Which artist won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music for the hip hop album DAMN.?
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Kendrick Lamar
Which 1993 debut album introduced the Wu-Tang Clan with the subtitle “36 Chambers”?
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
What was the title of Tupac Shakur’s first studio album, released in 1991?
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2Pacalypse Now