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History of Hip-Hop

By Ivan_Schicker04

  • Where it all began .

    It began in South Bronx in the early 70s. Most people agree that the "Forefather" of Hip-Hop is DJ Kool Herc who DJed at house parties.The first hip-hop party was when DJ Kool Herc's sister cindy had a house party

  • Hip hop goes gold for the first time

    In 1979 the Sugarhill gang released the single "Rappers Delight", It was popular all over the world, even in countries who haven't heard of hip hop. It sold 500,000

  • Hip-Hop music gets its first grammy nomination

    in 1984 Run-DMC was the first hip-hop act to recieve a grammy nomination

  • Run-DMC's album Raising Hell goes platinum

    Run-DMC's album Raising Hell goes platinum. It sold over three million copies

  • Tupac gets shot

    After coming back from the Bruce Seldon vs Mike Tyson boxing fight, he was shot in the lung in a drive by shooting

  • Notorious B.I.G is shot

    He was also killed in a drive by shooting, he was shot 4 times, 3 of the shots weren't fatal, but the last shot went through his right hip and struck several vital organs

  • Hip-Hop music get its first oscar

    Eminem's song Lose Yourself gets an Oscar for Best Original Song. It was in the movie 8 Mile (2002)

  • Dr Dre. starts selling Beats headphones

    Dr Dre released his new headphone line, Beats, by Dr. Dre that retailed for $349 dollars. Nowadays, Beats by Dr. Dre makes about 650 million a year selling the headphones