16 Hip-Hop Facts That Make You Feel Old

You know how we know you're getting real old?

The amount of time that has flown by is depressing. For people over the age of 22, it feels like it was just yesterday when we ran to the store to purchase Illmatic. The good old days—back when shirts was 6 XL, baggy jeans we're the thing to wear and high fashion was considered FUBU and Enyce.

XXL put together the following list of hip-hop facts and observations that will make 20-somethings and up feel really old and sad. But don't fret, people younger will never know the joys of BET's Rap City.

Get Rich or Die Tryin' Is 10 Years old

One of the biggest selling album in the US of all time, 50 Cent's debut album was nothing short of greatness

Ready To Die is older than Bishop Nehru

Ready To Die is 19 years old, Bishop Nehru is 17, mind blown

Notorious B.I.G.'s children are teenagers now

T'yanna and CJ Wallce, the kids of the late rapper "Biggie Smalls," are 19 and 16 years old.

Six of the 2013 XXL Class was born in the 90s

Chief Keef, Joey Bada$$, Angel Haze, Travi$ Scott, Logic and Dizzy Wright are all born in the 90s, feel old yet?

NWA's Straight Outta Compton came out when Kendrick Lamar was 1 Years Old

Straight Outta Compton came out 1988!

Chris Rivers, Big Pun son, raps now

Son of the late great Big Pun is a full scale rapper now and he's pretty good.

Eric B and Rakim's Paid In Full came out 26 years ago

This classic album is almost older than most rappers on the charts now.

Yo! MTV Raps came out 25 years ago

The first hip hop music show on MTV

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince winning the First Rap Grammy Award happened 24 years ago

In 1989 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince won the Grammy for "Best Rap Performance," first time Rap had its own category at the Grammys

LL Cool J Radio drops in 1985

Makes you wonder how old is LL Cool J huh?

Tupac Shakur dies 16 years ago

On September 13, 1996, a legend was taken away from the world.

Belly came out in 1998

The cult-classic Hype Williams-directed movie was released in Nov. 4, 1998 starring Nas and DMX

Biz Markie

Biz Markie gets sued by Gilbert O’Sullivan happened in 1991

Biz Markie was sued by Gilbert O’Sullivan for the unauthorized sample of his song ‘Alone Again (Naturally).’ thus sparking the change that all samples in music must be cleared before their use or artists would face criminal prosecution.