Hip Hop Timeline

1970

Gil Scott Heron

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

1973

DJ Kool Herc

(Basically invents hip hop at a party in the South Bronx)

1979

SUgarhill Gang

Rapper's Delight

Lady B

To the Beat Y'all

1980

Kurtis Blow

The Breaks

1982

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The Message

1986

Run D.M.C. & Aerosmith

Walk This Way

Beastie Boys

(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)

SAlt-N-Pepa

Push It

1988

N.W.A.

Straight Outta Compton

1989

Public Enemy

Fight the Power

A Tribe Called Quest

Can I Kick It?

1990

2 Live Crew's album (As Nasty as They Wanna Be) is banned in FLorida

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1993

Wu-Tang Clan

C.R.E.A.M.

1994

Notorious B.I.G.

Big Poppa

1995

Queen Latifah

U.N.I.T.Y.

1996

Tupac Shakur

California Love

1997

Missy Elliott

Supa Dupa Fly

1998

Jay-Z

Hard Knock Life

Eminem

My Name Is

Korn

Got the Life

2000

Nelly

Ride Wit Me

2003

50 Cent

In Da Club

2004

Kanye West

Jesus Walks

2005

Snoop Dogg

Drop It Like It's Hot

What's been going on
since 2005?

BONUS!!

Cardi B

Bodak Yellow