AFENI SHAKUR LOOKED OUT FOR HER SON

Tupac was offered a record contract at the age of 13 but his mother refused to let him sign anything at such a young age.

THIS IS JAY Z, BACK WHEN IT WAS ALL A DREAM

A rare pic of Jay Z back in the '80s. Who would have thought many years after, he would be friends with the president?

BEFORE FERGIE, BLACK EYED PEAS WAS "A.T.B.A.N KLANN"

Eazy-E signed The Black Eyed Peas back when they were called A.T.B.A.N. Klann, their debut album never got released because of his death.

ASHANTI & TINA, DAUGHTER & MOTHER

Ashanti's Mom Tina is also her manager.

MO'CHEDDAH IS IN LOVE, GBEMI IS INVOLVED

Mo'Cheddah's boyfriend is Gbemi of Beat FM's younger brother.

OUR 100TH POST GOES OUT TO YOU! YES YOU!!!

31 days ago on the 30th of June 2013, we made our first post on this blog. 31 days after, we are a hundred excitingly-interesting-and-educating posts strong and definitely not stopping!

ANDRE 3000, THE NEW JIMI HENDRIX

Andre 3000 will play Jimi Hendrix in an upcoming biopic called ‘All Is By My Side’.

THE CHILDREN OF DESTINY STARTED OUT AS "GIRL'S TYME"

Destiny's Child was formally named Girl's Tyme.

TYLER, THE CREATIVE JACK OF ALL TRADES

Tyler The Creator produced every song on all of his albums.

ENGINEER SHAYDEE, EME'S NEW SINGING SENSATION

EME singer Shaydee is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University Of Ilorin.

NEWS: DJ KHALED PROPOSED WITH THE RING, NOW NICKI MINAJ IS WEARING IT...?

Nicki Minaj was photographed wearing the ring (seem like it is) DJ Khaled proposed with the next day after he did. Has she said "Yes"?

FAT JOE DID IT FOR BIG PUN, DJ KHALED DID IT FOR FAT JOE (WATCH)

DJ Khaled held d umbrella for Fat Joe in the Make It Rain video... Just as Fat Joe held d umbrella for Big Pun in Still Not A Player video.

FANTASIA, JAICKO, KAT DELUNA & WHITNEY HOUSTON, ALL OWE THANKS TO TIWA SAVAGE

Tiwa Savage co-wrote the track "Collard greens and Cornbread" on Fantasia Barrino’s Grammy-nominated album Back To Me.

EVEN SIMON COWELL COULDN'T STOP BOBBY V

Bobby Valentino was told at the auditions of American Idols in 2002 to go back to school cos he could not sing.

BRILA FM CEO WAS ONCE A CAB-DRIVER IN LAGOS

Owner of Brila FM, Larry Izamoje was once a cab driver in Lagos.

KENDRICK LAMAR, FROM 'HYPE-MAN' TO 'HYPED MAN'

Kendrick Lamar used to be Jay Rock's hype man.

TIMBALAND, STARTED FROM THE CHOIR

Timbaland sang in the Choir at Salem Junior High School.

ASAP ROCKY, ANOINTED FROM BIRTH

ASAP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, was named after the hip hop legend Rakim, one half of the Eric B. & Rakim duo

NEWS: RADIO OAP DOTUN AND D'BANJ'S BABY SISTER TAIWO WEDS

Finally the day has come and lovebirds Dotun Kayode and Taiwo Oyebanjo have officially fulfilled their traditional marriage rights together, today 27th July, 2013.

SULLEY MUNTARI, THE FAITHFUL MUSLIM

Footballer Sulley Muntari has been training alone on pre-season with AC Milan because he his observing the muslim holy month of Ramadan.

NEWS: DJ KHALED PROPOSES TO NICKI MINAJ IN ONLINE VIDEO (WATCH)

DJ Khaled proposes to Nicki Minaj via #MTV

OBIWON AND THE BIG SACRIFICE

Singer Obiwon gave up his bank job to pursue music.

JAY Z'S NAME SELLS ANYTHING!

Jay-Z Is the 1st non-athlete to have his own signature sneaker, the S. Carter, by Reebok.

THERE IS 50 CENT, AND THERE IS 25 CENT

50 Cent has a son, Marquise, nicknamed 25 Cent.

NAS & THE GRAMMYS: ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT

Nas has 18 Grammy nominations but he never won one.

MUSIC IS IN THE DNA: THE BRANDY/RAY J/SNOOP DOGG CONNECTION

Ray J and Brandy are Snoop Dogg's First cousins.

LADIES (REALLY DO) LOVE COOL J

LL Cool J stands for "Ladies Love Cool James".

LIL KIM WAS THE FIRST!

In 2003, Lil Kim officially became the first African American person to be featured on the cover of Nylon Magazine.

SESAN & FADE OGUNRO: THE POWER SIBLINGS

Video director Sesan and Beat FM OAP Fade are siblings.

MS. HILL THE GREAT!

In 1997, Lauryn Hill wrote and produced the song “A Rose Is Still a Rose” for Aretha Franklin and directed its music video.

KANYE WEST, FULL OF SURPRISES

Kanye’s stylist is a college student he met at a department store.

THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF 'CHANNEL ORANGE' IS MY DAWG!

Frank Ocean's dog, Everest, was credited as “Executive Producer” on his “Channel ORANGE” album.

LUPE'S DAD TOO? OK

Lupe Fiasco's father Gregory Jaco was a black panther.

THE 'SHEYMAN, BOUQUI, K-SHOW & SIX-O' CONNECTION

What do Sheyman, BOUQUI and Six-O & K-Show have in common? 

2CHAINZ: 1ST CLASS IN FLIGHT, 1ST CLASS IN SCHOOL

2 Chainz graduated with a 4.0 GPA in 3 years at a 4 year school.

EMINEM: STARTED FROM THE "ROCK BOTTOM"

Eminem got fired once five days before Hailie's birthday which is also Christmas, and with only 40$ in his pocket he wrote "Rock Bottom" the same night.

COBHAMS + DAREY = GREAT MUSIC

Producer Cobhams Asuquo wrote and produced You're Not The Girl and it's sequel No Stars for singer Darey.

J COLE, LEARNT FROM THE BEST

Rapper J Cole has been listening to Tupac since the age of 6.

IT'S A RAP GROUP, NOT A BOY-BAND

Cypress Hill was originally named "DVX" (Devastating Vocal Excellence) when formed in 1988.

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER? NOT IN ALL CASES

Ex group-mates Tolu and Olu of Maintain are cousins

JOHN'S GRISHAM ADMIRATION FOR DENZEL WASHINGTON (#NoHomo)

John Grisham wrote The Racketeer with an African-American protagonist and hopes Denzel Washington will play the role in the movie adaptation.

FRANK SINATRA STOLE MY SHINE

Former Chicago Bears chairman Ed McCaskey tried out for Harry James' band, but lost out to Frank Sinatra.

KENNY SAINT-BROWN VS. JESSE JAGZ/WAJE/GOLDIE

At Anny's "Peace And Love Concert" recently, singer KSB criticized Jesse Jagz for 'smoking hemp', Waje for 'going nude in her video' & late Goldie for 'not converting to gospel before she died'.

MIDAS OR EMELI, THE GENIUS TOUCH IT IS

Emeli Sandé has written songs which have peaked at number one on the UK Singles, UK Dance and UK R&B charts

BRADLEY? COME ON!!!

Actor Bradley Cooper lives with his mum

P SQUARE: DUES DULY PAID

Peter and Paul of P Square sold their cars to finance the shooting of the video to their hit song Do Me in South Africa.

To refresh memories, here is the video below

CNN STARTED FROM A PRISON KITCHEN

Capone 'N' Noreaga met each other in jail in 1992 while doing kitchen duty

GATES: 37TH RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

If Bill Gates were a country, he would be the 37th richest country on Earth

BANKY W, BIG NO ON THIS ONE

The 1st scene from Banky W's Yes/No video was set in a classroom and it was dated February 14, 1999... This date is actually a Sunday.

It's still a great video though. For those who haven't seen it yet (seriously, have you been living under a rock?), here's the video again.

STILL ON "KANYE WEST'S GUYS"... WHO MISSED OUT?

Rapper Drake also recorded vocals for Kanye West's All The Light but was dropped from the final version