• Eminem was supposed to be signed to Duck Down BEFORE signing with Dre and Aftermath, but Dru Ha decided not to sign him (the rumor is because he did not want to chance singing a white artist) • Krazyzie Bone is a Jehovah Witness.
• Bizzie Bone claims to have never tried Ecstasy, and also claimed that he was pressured into doing a verse on the Bone Thugs song "Ecstasy".
• Kanye spent a million of his own money to make the final version of the Jesus Walks video.
• Some of Esham's albums are banned in Detroit.
• When Bone Thugs were asked to travel to California to rap for Eazy-E, Flesh-N-Bone put up enough money to get each of them a one-way bus ticket. This meant if things didn't work out with Eazy, they would be stranded. When they arrived in Los Angeles they were literally homeless.
• Kanye West recorded "Through The Wire" with his jaw wired shut.
• Nelly was scouted by the St. Louis Cardinals when he was in High School.
• Lil Wayne was signed to CMR at the age of 10, and him and BG (then called Lil Doogie) were in a group called the B.G.'z. Then he shot accidently himself and then his daddy died so he layed off the mic for a minute.
• BG has been using heroin since the age of 15.
• Everyone in Cash Money has done at least 2 years in prison, I believe.
• Souljah Slim kicked his Heroin addiction cold turkey.
• Lil Wayne never said 'swear' words on any of his records (except "Fuck the World" from The Block Is Hot) prior to him turning 18. That was a stipulation in his contract his mom made.
• Willie D of the group Geto Boys moved his entire family to Baku, Azerbaijan, a Middle East country on the border of Iran.
• Scarface has a tatoo of somebody blowing their brains out on his forearm.
• Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.
• Scarface was ordered to stop touring after his heart attack but kept doing shows anyways.
• Tigger from Rap City's The Basement as well as Mystikal where cheerleaders in High School.
• Andre 3000 drew the cover for Outkast's Aquemini album
• Outkast met one day in High School when they both noticed the other also had a very weird haircut.
• Three 6 Mafia used to be called Triple Six Mafia and made songs about worshipping the devil, but were forced to change their name when they signed to Relativity.
• While shopping for a deal at Capitol Records, Kanye West began talking shit about Jermaine Durpi not knowing that was JD's dad he was talking to. This is why JD and Kanye have beef.
• Mike Jones' A&R team told him not to give out his phone number or say his name repeatedly but his grandmother told him to do it. She claims she had a vision of him doing such.
East Coast Facts & Rumors coming soon...
