2014 Event Music curator and headphone maker Beats Electronics will become the latest acquisition of Apple, Inc.; Apple will pay $3 billion for the music company, started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre 2013 Event American Grammy-winning rap artist, Lil Wayne, suffers a seizure in California, and recovers at a Los Angeles hospital 1996 Death Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25 1995 Death Eazy-E, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group, dies of AIDS, at age 31 1992 Event Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds 1991 Event 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City 1990 Event Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1990 Event Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity 1987 Event "Ronnies Rap" by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93 1986 Event RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell) 1972 Birthday Kurupt, born in Long Beach, California, born Ricardo Emmanuel Brown, rapper, also known as 'Kurupt That Kingpin', member of rap group, Tha Dogg Pound 1971 Birthday Snoop Doggy Dogg, born in Long Beach, California, rap singer, Grammy-Award nominee, hit songs, 'Gin and Juice', 'What's My Name' 1971 Birthday Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996 1970 Birthday Queen Latifah, rap singer and actress, Khadijah James-Living Single 1969 Birthday Ice Cube, rap singer and actor, Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda 1967 Birthday Vanilla Ice, rap singer, Ice Ice Baby, actor, Cool as Ice 1967 Event H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 1965 Birthday Mike Diamond, born in New York City, New York, rap vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1965 Birthday Dr. Dre, born in Compton, California, born Andre Romelle Young, rap singer, record producer, record executive, actor, CEO, Aftermath Entertainment 1963 Birthday Eazy-E, born in Compton, California, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1958 Birthday Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1943 Birthday H. Rap Brown, American Activist 1931 Birthday Yvonne Keuls, Bamberg, Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co 1930 Birthday Gary Snyder, Japhy Ryder, beat poet, Rip Rap and Cold Mountain Poems
