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Hip Hop is Born
Kool Herc joined Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Babaataa in the music business. Their particular brand of music earned the nickname "hip-hop." Drum machines, synthesizers, and sequencers, etc, were used to make beats. -
Dj Afrika
During a performance at the Bronx River Center, DJ Afrika Bambaataa went head to head with Disco King Mario. It became a "DJ battle", which is now a major part of the hip-hop culture. -
The Sugarhill Gang
In 1979 the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang was created. It was the first hip hop record to gain widespread popularity in the mainstream. -
Hew School Hip Hop
The new school hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music . RUN -D.M.C. AND LL Cool J was in the genre. These artists focused on a tough, cool, street type of attitude in their songs. New school artists made shorter songs that could more easily gain radio play, and more cohesive LPs than their old school counterparts. Hip hop music became commercially successful, as exemplified by the Beastie Boys' 1986 album licensed to Ill, which was the first rap album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts. -
N.W.A.
Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths.[67] Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. Ice-T released "6 in the Mornin'", which is often regarded as the first gangsta rap song, in 1986. N.W.A is the group most frequently associated founding gang. -
Yo! MTV Raps
This tv show was the first ever rap tv show. It was a big deal to the hip hop culture. -
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre releases his solo debut, "The Chronic." With it's heavy emphasis on deep rolling bass and funk grooves--it takes hardcore gangsta rap into more accessible, radio-friendly territory and becomes the biggest rap album of the year behind the huge single, "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang." Dre's new sound--dubbed 'G-Funk'--reinvents the entire West Coast rap scene, and signals the beginning of a West Coast-dominated rap charts. -
Eminem
Eminem was criticized for using racial slurs on his mix tapes about black people which gave him a bad reputation in hip hop culture. -
Jay Z
Jay Z becomes the first rapper to headline Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. -
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj was labeled the greatest female rapper alive.
