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The Ultimate History of Hip Hop

S SOOnes keepin' up? That's So Jones THE HIIP НOP HISTORY OF 1925 EARL TUCKER (A.K.A. "SNAKE HIPS") INVENTS PRE-BREAK- DANCING DANCE STYLES OF FLOATS, SLIDES & WAVING. 1969 JAMES BROWN RECORDS TWO FUTURE RAP BACKBEATS, "SEX MACHINE & "FUNKY DRUMMER" 1973 1974 DJ KOOL HERC DEEJAYS HIS FIRST BLOCK PARTY IN THE BRONX, USING TWO TURNTABLES & MIXING TWO COPIES OF A RECORD TO STRETCH THE BREAK PARTS. DJ/MC LOVEBUG STARSKI IS THE FIRST TO REFER TO THE CULTURE AS DJ KOOL HERC FIRST USED THE TERM 'BBOYS' TO DESCRIBE THE BLOCK PARTY DANCERS. HIPO НOP DJ KOOL HERC, COKE LA ROCK & CLÁRK KENT FORM THE FIRST MC TEAM KOOL HERC & THE HERCULOIDS 1975 1976 THE MERCEDES LADIES WERE THE EARLIEST OF THE FEMALE DJ'S & MC'S. SCRATCH A TEENAGE DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE ACCIDENTALLY THE INVENTS 1977 • BBOY GREATS • BOOGALO0 SAM CREATES "POPPIN" WHILE IN A WEST COAST DANCE CREW THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOOS. THE ROCK STEADY CREW" IS FORMED. 1978 MUSIC INDUSTRY COINS THE TERM 1979 BAMISiE SUGARHILL GANG'S "RAPPER'S DELIGHT"• REACHES BILLBOARD'S #36: AMERICA'S FIRST EXPOSURE TO HIP HOP 1980 THE FIRST RAPPER TO APPEAR ON NATIONAL TV, KURTIS BLOW SELLS MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES OF HIS MERCURY RECORDS RELEASE "THE BREAKS" FOCUSING ON MARKETING MCS. • KURTIS BLOW IS THE FIRST RAPPER TO BE SIGNED TO A O MAJOR RECORD DEAL. 1981 1982 GRANDMASTER FLASH RELEASES THE FIRST LIVE DJ SCRATCHING ON RECORD, "THE ADVENTURES OF GRAND MASTER FLASH ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL" ABC'S 20/20 TAKES A LOOK AT THE NEW • CULTURAL PHENOMENON HIP HOP "KILLERS HELP PIONEER 1983 O GANGSTA ICE T'S RAPCORE SINGLES "BODY ROCK" AND • • THE FIRST HIP HOP GROUP TO APPEAR ON NATIONAL TV, THE FUNKY 4 PLUS ONE MORE PERFORM ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. RAP IN THE WEST COAST. RUSSELL SIMMONS & RICK RUBIN LAUNCH DEF JAM RECORDS 1984 am recordings 1985 MTV AIRS A HIP HOP VIDEO FOR THE FIRST TIME: RUN DMC'S "KING OF ROCK BEATBOX PIONEER DOUG E.DOUG E. FRESH FRESH RELEASES CLASSIC SINGLE 'THE SHOW" JUST HAVING FUN 1986 1987 THE BEASTIE BOYS RELEASE "LICENSED TO ILL" ON DEF JAM PUBLIC ENEMY RELEASES POLITICALLY CHARGED LP. "YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW • FIRST BRAND ENDORSEMENT DEAL BETWEENA MAJOR BRAND (ADIDAS) AND A HIP HOP GROUP (RUN DMC) SCOTT LA ROCK & KRS ONE • RELEASE "CRIMINAL MINDED" LP FOR BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS adidas HIP HOP GETS ITS OWN MTV SHOW "YO! MTV RAPS" GANGSTA RAP WITH1988 THEIR GOLD ALBUM, "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON" N.W.A FURTHERS• 1989 1990 • SOUTHERN HIP HỌP BREAKS OUT WITH GETO BOYS' "GRIP IT! ON THAT OTHER LEVEL" YO! RAPS RUSSELL SIMMONS• SIGNS ON AS DISTRIBUTION & HIP HOP PROMOTER THROUGH CBS/COLUMBIA. 1 TUPAC JOINS DIGITAL UNDERGROUND AS A DANCER & ROADIE •A FLORIDA RECORD STORE OWNER AND LUTHER CAMPBELL ARE ARRESTED OVER 2 LIVE CREW'S LP. "AS NASTY AS THEY WANNA BE • WHITE RAPPER VANILLA ICE RECORDS "ICE ICE BABY", THE FIRST RAP SINGLE TO HIT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS N.W.A'S LP "N**Z FOR LIFE REACHES #1 ON POP CHARTS. SELLING OVER 954,000 COPIES THE FIRST WEEK 1991 THE SOURCE MAGAZINE• FEATURES NOTORIOUS B.I.G. IN THE "UNSIGNED HYPE" COLUMN 1993 DR DRE'S THE CHRONIC" ATTAINS MULTI-PLATINUM STATUS. ICONIC SINGLE 1994 NUTHIN BUT A G THANG TUPAC IS ROBBED AND SHOT 5. TIMES IN A NY RECORDING STUDIO EAZY-E (ERIC WRIGHT) OF N.W.A DIES OF AIDS AT THE AGE OF 31 Comptan 1995 IS RELEASED QUEEN LATIFAH'S HIT "UNITY• WINS A GRAMMY AWARD FOR "BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE" 1996 TUPAC SIGNS A DEAL WITH• DEATH ROW RECORDS AFTER SUGE KNIGHT POSTS A $1.4 MILLION BAIL. - TUPAC SHAKUR DIES AFTER BEING SHOT IN A CAR DRIVEN BY DEATH ROW RECORDS CEO MARION "SUGE" KNIGHT THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. DIES IN A SHOOTING AFTER A PARTY IN LOS ANGELES 1997 JAY Z JAY-Z RELEASES HIS HIGHLY- LAUDED DEBUT, "REASONABLE DOUBT" URBAN CLOTHING BRAND FUBU IS• LAUNCHED INTO THE MAINSTREAM WHEN LL COOL J WEARS A FUBU HAT IN A GAP COMMERCIAL DMABLE DOUBT FUBU MISSY MISDEMEANOR ELLIOTT REDEFINES HIP-HOP & R & B WITH HER FIRST LP "SUPA DUPA FLY, BEFORE GOING ON TO BE THE HIGHEST SELLING FEMALE RAPPER OF ALL TIME Fugees 1 THE FUGEES' BIGGEST ALBUM THE SCORE", DEBUTS AT NO.1 & GRABS 2 GRAMMYS plhe Dcore 1998 LAURYN HILL'S SOLO DEBUT, THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL", SCORES HER 11 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AND 5 WINS, INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND BEST NEW ARTIST DR. DRE-PRODUCED EMINEM SELLS 4 MILLION COPIES OF HIS DEBUT, THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999 • FOR THE FIRST TIME, HIP HOP OUTSELLS AMERICA'S TOP SELLING MUSIC GENRE, COUNTRY 2000 2001 EMINEM'S, "MARSHALL MATHERS" LP. SELLS 1.76 MILLION COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK AND SCORES TWO GRAMMYS PUFF DADDY REVEALS THAT HE • WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS P. DIDDY EMINEM 2002 ( MIDWEST HIP HOP OFFICIALLY BLOWS UP WITH NELLY'S DEBUT "COUNTRY GRAMMAR" ALBUM LATINO RAPPER BIG PUN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AT ONLY 29 YEARS OLD TLC'S LISA "LEFT- EYE" LOPES, DIES IN A CAR CRASH DJ JAM MASTER JAY OF RUN DMC IS SHOT & KILLED IN A QUEENS STUDIO HIP-НОP FEUDS • DR. DRE FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST MP3-SWAPPING FIRM NAPSTER napster. NY-BASED RAPPER 50 CENT RELEASES THE SINGLE 'WANKSTA". ON EM'S SHADY/ AFTERMATH LABEL NELLY VS. KRS-ONE EMINEM VS. THE SOURCE MAGAZINE 2003 150 CENT'S DEBUT, "GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN" BECOMES ONE OF THE FASTEST-SELLING LPS IN HISTORY JERMAINE DUPRI VS. DR. DRE KANYE WEST RECORDS ROLLING STONE-VOTED ALBUM OF THE YEAR "THE COLLEGE DROPOUT 2004 JAY-Z RELEASES THE BLACK ALBUM". UPON ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT JAVE THE LACK ALM WU-TANG MEMBER ODB DIES TWO DAYS SHY OF 36, INSIDE A STUDIO 2006 JAY-Z RETURNS WITH THE ALBUM "KINGDOM COME", FEATURINGA DISS TRACK TO CAM'RON & JIM JONES JAY2 P.DIDDY'S "CITIZEN CHANGE" ► CAMPAIGN SLOGANS 'VOTE OR DIE TO CONVINCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS VOTE OR GRAND IS THE FIRST HIP 2008 2007 MASTER HOP ARTIST HALL OF FLASH INDUCTED INFAME DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BARACK OBAMA GALVANIZES HIP HOP ARTISTS INTO ACTION, LEADING TO A SLEW OF OBAMA RAP TRIBUTES JAY-Z BECOMES THE FIRST• RAPPER TO HEADLINE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2009 EMINEM COMES OUT OF A 5-YEAR HIATUS WITH DOUBLE-PLATINUM "RELAPSE" RELEASE WHICH WINS 2 GRAMMYS 2011 HEAVY D DIES AT AGE OF 44 CONSERVATIVES CRITICIZE FIRST. LADY MICHELLE OBAMA FOR INVITING RAPPER COMMON TO PERFORM AT A WHITE HOUSE POETRY READING NYU GEORGETOWN & NYU OFFER BUSINESS AND SCIOLOGY COURSES DEVOTED TO JAY-Z LEGEND MAJOR MILESTONE O MAJOR DEAL MAJOR BEEF HISTORY MAKING SONG/ALBUM (RIP REST IN PEACE SSOjOnes keepin' up? That's So Jones www.SOJONES.COM

The Ultimate History of Hip Hop

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Fresh off the American Music Awards from last night, SoJones is issuing a timely reminder on just how far we’ve come in the world of hip hop: our soup to nuts graphic documenting the history of hip ...

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