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Hip- Hop begins
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Hip hop first appears in the Bronx
Hip Hop starts to spread everywhere -
DJ Kool Herc emerges from a party as the godfather of Hip- Hop
The Evolution of Hip-Hop begins here -
Other DJs appear
After watching DJ Kool Herc, other DJs start playing in similar styles around the Bronx. DJ Pleaser Lovebug Starski first refers to this movement as “hip-hop.” -
DJ Grand Wizard Theodore invents the record scratch.
This is important because the record scratch is used on other albums -
The first DJ battle.
This proved that DJ's could compete against each other and started a race to be the best DJ -
The music industry first uses the term “rap music,” which shifts the focus in hip hop from the deejays to the emcees
This forces the change that we now refer to today as Rap music, instead of hip-hop -
Sharon green/ Sha- Rock
Becomes first fremale rapper -
Rappers Delight
The first ever rap song -
Michael Jackson does the moonwalk
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The Fresh Fest concert, a hip hop tour featuring artists like Run D.M.C, nets $3.5 million.
Hip Hop gains more attention -
Salt-n-Pepa enters as one of the first female rap groups.
Women can rap too -
The Beastie Boys release Licensed to Ill.
Record labels start to look for rappers as potential artists -
Public Enemy releases Yo! Bum Rush The Show.
The industry starts to be saturated with different and new songs -
N.W.A releases Straight Outta Compton.
This album shook the united states socially and politically as tensions with the people and police rose. -
A group of friends in Manhattan forms A Tribe Called Quest.
The pioneers of "alternative rap" at the time -
D.O.C releases No One Can Do It Better.
New song -
N.W.A sells nearly one million copies of N****z For Life in its first week of release.
Record-breaking sales for a Hip Hop album -
Dr. Dre’s album, The Chronic, goes multi platinum.
The First album of its kind -
Wu-Tang clan release 36 Chambers.
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Queen Latifah wins a Grammy award from Best Rap Solo Performance.
First Woman rapper to receive a grammy -
Jay-Z releases Reasonable Doubt
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The Fugees’ album, The Score, wins two Grammys and debuts at number one
Breaks a new record for a rap album to receive two grammies -
Tupac Shakur is fatally shot.
Tupac, a famous rapper that inspired a whole generation, dies -
Missy Elliott releases Supa Dupa Fly
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Notorious B.I.G is shot and killed
Another pillar in the rap community falls -
Lauryn Hill’s solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, earns 11 Grammy nominations and five wins.
The album that breaks another record for being the rap album with the most grammies -
Eminem sells four million copies of The Slim Shady LP.
Eminem, a famous rapper who despite breaking the stereotype that only black people can be rappers, sells millions of copies of his new album -
Dr. Dre sues Napster.
They used his sound and which he says is infringing his copyrights. -
Talib Kweli debuts his solo album and introduces himself as a political voice.
Rap is used for political agendas -
Eminem faces controversy and opens up debate about hip-hop and racism after being caught using the N-word
This is part of the back-lash Eminem receives for being a white rapper and the use of the N-word is still under debate -
Federal investigators raid the offices of Murder Inc
It was a yearlong investigation into an alleged financial link between Gotti and a New York drug gang called the "Supreme Team" -
Dr. Dre gets punched in the face at the 2004 Vibe Awards ceremony.
Fight breaks out at the vibe Award ceremony -
Jay-Z becomes the first rapper to headline Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.
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Nicki Minaj releases Pink Friday, which hits number one on the US charts.
Nicki Minaj, who becomes one the most famous woman rappers of the time releases a new hit -
Kanye West releases his eighth studio album, Ye, which debuts at number one.
Kanye West releases another song, he becomes another famous figure in Hip Hop
