June 10

4 hip-hop anniversaries on June 10

1. 1973

   Faith Evans is born

   Faith Evans is born in Lakeland.

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   Today in hip-hop history — 1973: Faith Evans is born. https://hiphopstorian.com/timeline/moment/faith-evans-born

2. 2008

   Tha Carter III is released

   Tha Carter III is released.

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   Today in hip-hop history — 2008: Tha Carter III is released. https://hiphopstorian.com/timeline/moment/tha-carter-iii-released

3. 2008

   Lil Wayne releases 'Tha Carter III' — sells 1M copies in its first week

   Cash Money / Universal Motown issues Lil Wayne's sixth studio LP. *Tha Carter III* sells 1,005,000 copies in its first week — the first hip-hop album to clear a million in opening-week sales since 50 Cent's *The Massacre…

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   Today in hip-hop history — 2008: Lil Wayne releases 'Tha Carter III' — sells 1M copies in its first week. https://hiphopstorian.com/timeline/moment/tha-carter-iii-released-2008

4. 2016

   Lil Peep releases 'Crybaby' mixtape — emo rap coalesces

   Lil Peep (Gustav Åhr), then 19, self-releases the Crybaby mixtape on June 10, 2016, via SoundCloud and his own digital channels. The tape, which fuses pop-punk and emo guitar samples with trap-derived drum patterns and P…

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   Today in hip-hop history — 2016: Lil Peep releases 'Crybaby' mixtape — emo rap coalesces. https://hiphopstorian.com/timeline/moment/lil-peep-crybaby-2016