The first hip hop single to top the Billboard Charts was originally released in what year?
Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, "Hooked", in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group which released a reformatted version of the album under the title "To the Extreme". Ice's 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the "Billboard" charts.
A Jagged Era A Jagged Era is the debut album by American R&B group Jagged Edge, which was released on October 21, 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album peaked at a disappointing #104 on the "Billboard" 200, while it peaked at #19 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Originally, the album was due to release the album in December that year.