My first hip hop concert was in D.C. 1995 at Howard University outdoor field. The lineup was absolutely amazing. O.D.B came with Brooklyn Zoo and almost started a fight when the radio people told him not to curse. Smif N Wessun, Mobb Deep, KRS One featuring Mad Lion and Rare Essence tore it down at the end. Still by far the best concert I've ever been to and it was free.
2 years ago | 25
Shitt I remember hearing New York State of Mind on a top 50 hiphop songs List. I knew little to Nothing about the genre completely fell in love with it. Much love Nas
2 years ago | 33
1st time I heard Nas was when I was a kid being 9 (1999) watching BET... Nas is like and Hate Me Now (I Am) changed my life forever, THEN I went back to illmatic being 13 (2003) during the Jay-Z beef/God's Son era (best rap battle ever) and never stopped being a fan since then
2 years ago | 18
My first album I bought was God’s Son. After listening to, I went out and purchased Nas entire collection.
2 years ago | 52
I may have to come out of YouTube retirement for this one. KD3’s the album of the year by the way.
2 years ago | 43
It was written scrambled my brain cells. I bought the first Nas album on cassette in high school. The rest is history!! I crowned Nas the goat in the 90's.
2 years ago | 6
First time I REALLY fell in love with Rap/Hip Hop was when I heard "Don't Flex" by 8 Ball & MJG on the radio.
2 years ago | 4
Damn I might have to do this in a video but ill also post here. The first time I think I heard Nas was in 5th grade graduation we sang “I can” his song. It was not until college when I had more context on history did the 3 rd verse hit deep. Salute to the goat. Virgos have a way w words and communication so, it was written! 🤗
2 years ago | 17
First time I heard Moni Love "it's a shame" was when I got hooked on hip hop. Her flow and passion just got me hooked. From there I discovered Yo MTV rap and the rest is history ✌️
2 years ago | 6
I was young, around 7 years old, watching TV. 2pac was on it with 'Do For Love. At that time I was in love! Since then I liked rap and listen to it, but don't know much about it and what rap means with al the stories with it. Now at the age of 25 I know everything of it and listen all the rappers and underground rappers. What a genre!! Best thing that happend in my life!
2 years ago | 4
Ladi-dadi was my 1st time falling hard for hip hop. Kool G Rap Wanted: D34d or Alive was the album which inspired me to write
2 years ago | 6
I got two occasion that Stand out to me growing up in North Philly. 1st is when DMX Ruff Ryders Anthem first came out, it was the hottest thing on the streets and schools, everybody was knew the lyrics n the motorcycles, 4wheelers/dirt bikes was inspiring. 2nd is when Big Pun passed away and Its So Hard came out. North Philly was out in the streets that day blasting that song every where. I was jumping on top of Baseball home plate fence.
2 years ago | 3
🤔 ... jus remembered! Mc Hammer “can’t touch this” I was 6 or 7. He was spittin bra 😂
2 years ago | 19
First rap memories were The Chronic, Doggystyle, Illmatic & Ready To Die
2 years ago | 5
The first time I heard Hip-Hop music was King Tim III. I didn't know what he was doing, but I knew he wasn't singing and it spoke to my soul.
2 years ago | 4
First time I heard hip hop, it was A Tribe Called Quest. I was introduced to Rap 1st. Tribe enlighten me… I started digging for more conscious Hip Hop! That lead to Nas! Nas was on another level. I always looked out for his music since
2 years ago | 6
I started listening to nas when he had dropped kd2 because I'm a young guy like I'm 15 from India and i spread his name to my friends and they spread your name to their friends so like I am in love with what he does nowadays knowing that he is the only rapper from the 90s era going strong and ready to kidnap the rap game
2 years ago | 4
I use to walk to the bodega everyday as a child for some chips and juice and one day on the sidewalk there was a cd on the ground that was cracked and it happened to be Nas it was written, I had no idea what I was about to listen to but only three songs on the cd worked for some reason. One of the songs was the message, I was a fan ever since.
2 years ago | 4
Nas
Share your Hip-Hop "First Time" and celebrate our collective HIP HOP 50 experiences. Entry Instructions below:
Users must post a video on YouTubeShorts sharing a story about one of their favorite Hip-Hop “First Time” (i.e. hearing Nas, buying their first album, concert experience etc).
Videos must be made using YouTubeShorts (using the in-app Shorts creation tool), and include music from KDIII using the Music Picker Tool within the app.
Videos must be no longer than :30 seconds, tagging @MassAppealRecs @YouTube #FirstTime and #HipHop50.
Selected entries eligible to win an exclusive merch item.
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