Q 01/05

Which 2002 film gave Eminem the first hip hop song to win the Oscar for Best Original Song?

A) 8 Mile

B) Get Rich or Die Tryin'

C) Hustle & Flow

D) Paid in Full

Answer · why

A) 8 Mile

8 Mile's 'Lose Yourself' won Best Original Song at the March 2003 Oscars; Eminem assumed he would lose and was asleep at home, so co-producer Luis Res...

Q 02/05

How many times was 50 Cent shot on May 24, 2000, an incident that became central to his legend?

A) Three

B) Nine

C) Five

D) Twelve

Answer · why

B) Nine

50 Cent was shot nine times outside his grandmother's house in South Jamaica, Queens, on May 24, 2000, almost three years before his major-label debut...

Q 03/05

On what date was Jay-Z's album The Blueprint released?

A) September 11, 2001

B) January 1, 2000

C) December 25, 2002

D) July 4, 2003

Answer · why

A) September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001, the morning of the attacks, and it debuted at number one anyway, with Kanye West and Just Blaze producing most of it. It was added...

Q 04/05

Eminem's guest verse, the only feature on Jay-Z's The Blueprint, came on which track?

A) Takeover

B) Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

C) Heart of the City

D) Renegade

Answer · why

D) Renegade

'Renegade', which Eminem also produced, carries the album's only credited guest verse; Nas's 'Ether' later mocked Jay-Z for being outshone by Eminem o...

Q 05/05

Which Nas album contained 'Ether', his 2001 answer to Jay-Z's 'Takeover'?

A) Stillmatic

B) Nastradamus

C) God's Son

D) Street's Disciple

Answer · why

A) Stillmatic

'Ether' appeared on Stillmatic, released in December 2001; the title signalled a return to the form of his 1994 debut Illmatic after the poorly receiv...