Q 01/05

Which future superstar began as a roadie and backup dancer for the Oakland group Digital Underground?

A) Snoop Dogg

B) Tupac Shakur

C) Too Short

D) Busta Rhymes

Answer · why

B) Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur carried gear and danced on tour in 1990, then made his recorded debut as 2Pac on the group's January 1991 single Same Song.

Q 02/05

Which rapper, rarely seen in public without a metal mask, also released albums as Viktor Vaughn and King Geedorah?

A) MF DOOM

B) Redman

C) Canibus

D) Rakim

Answer · why

A) MF DOOM

MF DOOM borrowed the mask from Marvel's Doctor Doom and sometimes sent stand-ins to perform in it, which angered audiences.

Q 03/05

Atlanta rapper Killer Mike and Brooklyn producer El-P released a self-titled 2013 debut album as which duo?

A) Gang Starr

B) The Cool Kids

C) Run the Jewels

D) Organized Konfusion

Answer · why

C) Run the Jewels

Run the Jewels once released Meow the Jewels, a light-hearted remix album made entirely from cat sounds.

Q 04/05

Danger Mouse's 2004 mashup The Grey Album set Jay-Z's Black Album vocals to samples of which band?

A) Pink Floyd

B) Led Zeppelin

C) The Rolling Stones

D) The Beatles

Answer · why

D) The Beatles

The Beatles' White Album supplied the music, and their label EMI tried to halt its distribution even though Jay-Z and both surviving band members appr...

Q 05/05

Pharoahe Monch's underground anthem Simon Says is built on an uncleared sample of which movie monster's theme?

A) Godzilla

B) King Kong

C) Dracula

D) Frankenstein

Answer · why

A) Godzilla

Godzilla's studio Toho sued Monch in 2001 because the sample came from Akira Ifukube's score for a 1992 film in the series.