History of Hip Hop By daekwanea25 1967 Founder of hip hop Clive Campbell goes to South Bronx Aug 11, 1973 Hip Hop is born at a birthday party hosted by Clive Campbell for his sister 1979 First Hip Hop record 1980 More complex styles of Hip Hop develop 1980 Hip Hop spreads and becomes part of the music scene 1983 New school Hip Hop originated 1990 Hip Hop began to diversify with other regional styles 1999 Hip Hop became the top selling music genre 2000 Hip Hip influences found their way increasingly into pop 2005 Hip Hop sales began to severely wane 2007 Aesop Rocks album " None Shall Pass " reached #50 on the billboard charts 2009 Alone artists Eminem, Rick Ross, Black eyed peas, Fabulous albums reached #1 2010 New styles of alternative Hip Hop and underground rap have been created 2010 15% of rap albums were produced by artist outside the mainstream 2013 Drop that #NaeNae was released 2014 Top R&B/Hip Hop album was by Beyonce titled "Beyonce" 2014 Iggy Azaleas "Fancy" was rated #3 out of 100 most sold songs 2015 Kendrick Lamar won a grammy for best rap performance 2015 Kehlani was a rising Hip Hop artist 2016 Drakes " One Dance " was most sold song 2016 Nicki Minaj wins female Hip Hop artist for the 7th year in a row 2017 Cardi B won multiple awards at the BET awards show Oct 10, 2017 DJ Khaled hosted the BET Awards 2018 Drakes " Nice for What " is top song so far 2018 Post Malone performed at the Beale Street Music festival in Memphis, TN
