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Grand Wizard Theodore accidently creates scratching turn tables by moving the record player back and forth when his mother told him to turn the music down.
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The Sugar Hill Gang release ‘Rapper’s Delight,This is considered to be the first commercially available rap record
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Run-DMC‘s album ‘Raising Hell’ was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group category. At this time Hip-Hop didn't even have its own category until three years later.
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Eric B. & Rakim drop ‘Eric. B is President.’ Produced by Marley Marl, Rakim’s then revolutionary rhyme cadence and intricate rhyme schemes. This would change rap forever.
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1988: Harvard University buddies Dave Mays and Jon Shecter launch the source magazine, which covers hip-hop politics, music and culture.
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Yo! MTV Raps airs its first hip-hop videos to a national and worldwide audience.
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‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ debuts on NBC and enjoys a six year run.
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A film directed by John Singleton that marked a new breed of Black filmmakers with swagger. ( similar to Spike Lee)
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After being shot multiple times while leaving a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas, Tupac Amaru Shakur dies.
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While out in Los Angeles, the Notorious B.I.G. is gunned down while leaving a Vibe Magazine party
