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

Eminem skipped the ceremony because he assumed he would lose and was asleep at home when 'Lose Yourself' won; co-producer Luis Resto accepted the stat...

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

The shooting happened almost three years before his major-label debut arrived and made him the most talked-about newcomer in rap.

Q 03/05

Jay-Z's album The Blueprint was released on which now-infamous date?

A) January 1, 2000

B) December 25, 2002

C) September 11, 2001

D) July 4, 2003

Answer · why

C) September 11, 2001

Despite arriving on the day of the attacks, it still moved more than 427,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one.

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

The album's beats came mostly from Kanye West, Just Blaze and Bink, and it later became the first 21st-century recording added to the National Recordi...

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

The title signalled a return to the form of his 1994 debut Illmatic, and the album revived a career that had sagged after Nastradamus.