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Hip hop first appears in the Bronx.
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DJ Kool Herc deejays his first block party in the Bronx, currently, considered like a “Father of Hip Hop”.
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DJ Grand Wizard Theodore invents the record scratch, a great figure of Rap Music.
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The music industry first uses the term “rap music,” which shifts the focus in hip hop from the deejays to the emcees.
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Queen Latifah wins a Grammy award from Best Rap Solo Performance.
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Jay-Z becomes the first rapper to headline Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.
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Kanye West releases his eighth studio album, Ye, which debuts at number one.