Anyone know who was the 1st bay area rap artist to go platinum?

[SFC I-Side]

mos def hammer

 

[0R0]

i gotta go with rbl posse being the first one, they went ghetto platinum. sold like a hundred or two hundred units off that bammer weed album, that's is like the equevalent of mainstream music's so called platinum.

they made the same amount of bread or more going ghetto platinum, than a mainstream platinum rapper selling a million units. and this was back in the days.

200 units is ghetto platinum? I thought it was 100k. You could say the same thing for N2Deep tho. They both came out in 1992 and by that time Hammer was going multiplatinum.

 

[Defy]

carlos santana

that's my favoritest rapper ever

 

[bonsai]

200 units is ghetto platinum? I thought it was 100k. You could say the same thing for N2Deep tho. They both came out in 1992 and by that time Hammer was going multiplatinum.

i was drunk, i meant 200k, thanks math wizard.

 

[GHP]

I think the important question is when was the LAST bay area rap artist to go platinum

 

[bonsai]

maybe e-40

 

[CHRISHOGGALYPSE]

N2DEEP had a platinum single in 1992... I think short and hammer may of been the only ones before that

I think back to the hotel only did like 900,000 for the longest time. I didn't think it ever went plat actually. That was of like 1999

 

[lenbiasyayo]

n2deep??

 

[drewski.kalonji]

I think the important question is when was the LAST bay area rap artist to go platinum

^ THIS.

probably not but baby beesh?

 

[drewski.kalonji]

haha just checked on the google bash wasn't even close to platinum, but not like 40 or short have been close either lately

 

[Foul Mouth]

that's my favoritest rapper ever

he's dumpin on here tho....