7. In the mid 90s, just as he was rising in the music industry, Timbaland was in a fatal car accident that claimed the life of the female passenger he had in the front seat of the car with him. The car rammed into a tree after Timbaland lost balance on a slippery road.
6. Drake's Club Paradise tour was the most successful Hip Hop tour of 2012, grossing over $42 million.
5. 80's rapper, Slick Rick is Hip Hop's greatest story teller.
4. Kanye West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of December 2012- Gold Digger off his Late Registration album has sold 3,086,000; Stronger off Graduation has sold 4,402,000; Heartless off his 808 & Heartbreaks album has sold 3,742,000; Niggas In Paris off his collabo album with Jay Z, Watch The Throne has sold over 3 million copies, and Love Lockdown off his 808 & Heartbreaks album has sold over 3 million copies to date.
3. Drake, Biggie, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jay Z and Kanye West are the only rappers that have platinum status with all their studio albums.
2. Rihanna is the best selling digital artist of all time, having sold 47.5 million copies since she got on the scene in 2005. Other notable musicians on the list are Black Eyed Peas at second position with 42,405,000, Eminem at number 3 with 42, 290,000, and Beyonce at number 8 with 30,439,000 digital tracks sold total.
1. Kanye West still has a metal plate in his chin from his near-death car accident in 2002.
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