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27 Hip Hop and R&B Stars Celebrating June Birthdays

June is finally here, and it’s time to blow out the candles with these hip hop and R&B stars who are celebrating birthdays this month. There are some major ones…

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The legendary Prince would have celebrated his 65th birthday this month. Who else do June babies share a birthday month with?

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June is finally here, and it's time to blow out the candles with these hip hop and R&B stars who are celebrating birthdays this month.

There are some major ones here, with iconic rappers like Ice Cube, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.

There's also some music royalty in June, as Prince would have been celebrating his birthday, as well. Other notable birthdays this month for artists we've lost include Tupac Shakur and Takeoff, among others.

Do you share a birthday with someone famous in the world of hip hop and R&B in the month of June? Take a look at the list.

Curtis Mayfield - June 3

Born in 1942

Al B Sure - June 4

Born in 1968

El DeBarge - June 4

Born in 1961

Brian McKnight - June 5

Born in 1969

Aesop Rock - June 5

Born in 1976

Mark Wahlberg (Marky Mark) - June 5

He's got those good vibrations, with a June 5, 1971 birthday.

Prince - June 7

Born in 1958 and gone far too soon.

Swae Lee - June 7

Born in 1993

Fetty Wap - June 7

Born in 1991

Rob Pilatus (of Milli Vanilli) - June 8

Born in 1964

Kanye West - June 8

Born in 1977

Flesh-n-Bone (from Bone Thugs) - June 10

Born in 1973

Faith Evans - June 10

Kodak Black - June 11

Born in 1997

Don Toliver - June 12

Born in 1994

Ice Cube - June 15

Born in 1969... we even saw the lights from the Goodyear Blimp.

Tupac Shakur - June 16

Born in 1971

Kendrick Lamar - June 17

Born in 1987

Krayzie Bone (Another Bone Thug) - June 17

Born in 1973

Takeoff - June 18

Born in 1994 and tragically gone way too soon.

Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men - June 18

Born in 1971

D-Nice - June 19

Born in 1971

Macklemore - June 19

Born in 1983

Lionel Richie - June 20

Born in 1949

Schoolly D - June 22

Born in 1962

6lack - June 24

Born in 1992

Fantasia - June 30

Born in 1984