Drake has never won a Grammy for Best Rap Album despite being one of the best-selling rap artists of all time.

Nicki Minaj was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago and moved to New York City at age five.

J. Cole graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University with a 3.8 GPA in Communications.

Rick Ross worked as a correctional officer at the South Florida Reception Center in 1995 before becoming a rapper — despite building his entire image around being a drug kingpin.

Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, making him the first non-classical and non-jazz artist ever to receive the award.

Drake played the character Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001 to 2007.