History of Hip-Hop By facebooker_606434377 Feb 6, 1973 DJ Kool Herc inventing scratching records Photo cred Alex Murphy Sep 23, 1978 Hip-hop music is created as a genre photo cred photosteve101 Dec 21, 1979 Hip-Hop considered "main stream" Photo Cred: JFXie Apr 11, 1980 Hip-Hop influence in mainstream pop Photo Cred: Robert Brooks May 19, 1982 Grandmaster Flash releases "The Message" Photo Cred: Miguel Mendez Oct 2, 1986 Walk This Way debuts with Run DMC & Aerosmith Photo Cred: Vaughan Leiberum Jan 28, 1987 Public Enemy comes onto the scene of Hip-hop Photo Cred: Shardayyy Mar 13, 1990 Tupac and Biggie create the 90's gangster rap Photo Cred: Sarah Reid