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acts like The Jubalaires are considered to be blues and Jazz oriented but have similar flows and rhythms and cadences to indicate that this may be the proper origin of Rap Music -
this was the first Rap song ever properly pressed on vinyl while not popular in the U.S. it was very popular in the U.K. It was released by the Sugar Hill Gang -
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 release The Message is about the struggle of black people in the inner city -
The Beastie Boys released a carefree dance track. Shifting rap culture to be a little more relaxed, not so focused on oppression like the two previous songs. -
Ice Ice Baby, by Vanilla Ice, is the first ever Rap song to top the Billboard Records top 100. -
The late but great rapper Tupac Shakur was tragically gunned down in a drive-by shooting resulting in Tupac losing his life he was known for his conscious way of rapping while occasionally going back to gangster rap with his famous feud with The Notorious B.I.G. -
Christopher Wallace was tragically gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Just like his former friend turned foe, Tupac Shakur. -
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -
Eminem was the first ever rapper to perform in the Wembley. and sell out the arena -
Rap Music surpassed Rock and Roll as the number one genre. And is still the number one genre in all of music. -
Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize it is a prestigious award for literature and music Making him the first rap artist ever to win one -
Due to improper crowd procedure, some of the attendees were tragically killed due to a lack of oxygen and water at the Astroworld festival -
Kanye West earned his 24th Grammy for his album Donda named after his late mother. He won best melodic performance at the Grammys.