200 Rap Trivia Questions with Answers
200 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
"Ready to Die" was the 1994 debut studio album of which New York rapper?
Answer
The Notorious B.I.G.
The pioneering hip hop DJ Grandmaster Flash was born under what name?
Answer
Joseph Saddler
Which record label did Dr. Dre found in 1996 after leaving Death Row Records?
Answer
Aftermath Entertainment
What is the birth name of the rapper Ice Cube?
Answer
O'Shea Jackson
What is Jay-Z's birth name?
Answer
Shawn Carter
The words in the stage name "LL Cool J" stand for what phrase?
Answer
Ladies Love Cool James
Which record label did Sean "Puffy" Combs found in 1993?
Answer
Bad Boy Records
Which artist recorded the 2019 hit "Old Town Road"?
Answer
Lil Nas X
Which group won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 1996?
Answer
Naughty by Nature
Which record label did 50 Cent found, home to artists such as Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo?
Answer
G-Unit Records
What is the title of 2Pac's 1996 double album released on Death Row Records?
Answer
All Eyez on Me
What is the title of Lauryn Hill's acclaimed 1998 solo debut album?
Answer
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Rapper Drake was born and raised in which Canadian city?
Answer
Toronto
What is the title of the Beastie Boys' 1986 debut studio album?
Answer
Licensed to Ill
Which Eminem song from the film 8 Mile won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Answer
Lose Yourself
What is the birth name of the rapper known as Cardi B?
Answer
Belcalis Almánzar
Suge Knight and Dr. Dre co-founded which influential hip hop record label in 1991?
Answer
Death Row Records
What is the title of Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut studio album?
Answer
Doggystyle
What is the title of Dr. Dre's 1992 debut solo studio album?
Answer
The Chronic
What is the title of 50 Cent's 2003 debut studio album?
Answer
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
What is the title of Nas's acclaimed 1994 debut studio album?
Answer
Illmatic
The hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan was formed in which New York City borough?
Answer
Staten Island
Run-DMC teamed up with rock band Aerosmith for a 1986 remake of which song?
Answer
Walk This Way
What is the title of MC Hammer's 1990 hit that samples Rick James's "Super Freak"?
Answer
U Can't Touch This
What is the title of Kanye West's 2004 debut studio album?
Answer
The College Dropout
What was the real name of the rapper known as The Notorious B.I.G.?
Answer
Christopher Wallace
"Rapper's Delight," a 1979 single often credited with popularizing hip hop, was recorded by which group?
Answer
The Sugarhill Gang
Whose song "No Role Modelz" was released in September 2014?
Answer
J. Cole