‘Rhyme Jar’ Scheme Donates $31,000 To Charity

Posted by oldskoolozzie on October 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

$31,000 in The Hip-Hop Rhyme Jar

In 1991, the public voiced a chorus of disapproval against the amount of rhyming verses in hip-hop.

Public Enemy, KRS One, Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Black Sheep, Slick Rick, Nice n Smooth, KMD & Main Source all challenged each other to produce albums which didn’t have any rhyming verses.

The artists put together a ‘rhyme jar” and had to pay $2 for every rhyme uttered in any of their album releases during the year period. The ranking tables went like so:

Big Daddy Kane – $620

Slick Rick – $600

Nice n Smooth – $540

Main Source – $540

Black Sheep – $260

ICE T – $200

Public Enemy – $160

KMD – $90

KRS One – $90

The ‘rhyme jar’ accumulated $31,000 which they donated to the Fly Cordory Trousers for The Homeless Society (F.C.T.F.T.H.S)

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