HIP HOP AND RAP TIMELINE By ferreolv 1969 James Brown records “Sex Machines” and “Funky Drummer.” Both songs would later influence percussion in hip hop 1973 DJ Kool Herc (born un Jamaica in 1955) throws his first party in the South Bronx Period: 1973 to 1979 Old school Hip-Hop for « the lucky ones » 1974 DJ/MC Lovebug Starski is the first to refer to the culture as Hip Hop 1978 The music industry first uses the term “rap music,” which shifts the focus in hip hop from the deejays to the emcees 1979 First Hip Hop radio shows Period: 1979 to 1984 Old school Hip-Hop for « the rest of us » 1982 Wildstyle, the first Hollywood film to explore hip-hop and graffiti artists is releases 1983 Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, borrowing from b-boy dance moves Period: 1984 to 2021 Golden age of Hip-Hop begins and become the today Hip Hop 1988 Hip-Hop gets its own MTV show “Yo MTV Raps” 1992 Dr. Dre’s album, The Chronic, goes multi platinum 1995 Best Rap Album category is added to Grammy Awards 1998 Detroit artists Eminem hits the charts 2005 Queen Latifah hosts the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. She is considered as one of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists 2008 Jay-Z becomes the first rapper to headline Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world 2014 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, a duo from Seattle, receive four Grammies for “Same Love” hit
