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1 1970s

New musical style arrives with first major rap record. Rap had been a growing force on the streets of The Bronx, New York for several years with funk, soul and disco coinciding with new technology and social upheaval. But it had been confined to parties in parks, schools and nightclubs until one entrepreneur put together The Sugarhill Gang. They put a song Rapper's Delight onto vinyl and it became the first rap tune to hit the charts and airwaves taking the new musical style to a wide audience for the first time.

• Kool DJ Herc, one of the generation of Jamaicans who brought dub to New York City, starts to play other genres in the place of reggae.
• DJ Grandmaster Flash develops cutting.
• Grand Wizard Theodore develops scratching.
• 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. - Early hip hopHip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban , African American & Puerto Rican youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti art, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing singleAlternate meanings: Single (disambiguation In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. It is often accompanied by severs by the Fatback BandThe Fatback Band (later, Fatback were a 1970s and '80s American funk band. They began recording in 1973 (see 1973 in music) with "Street Dance" and "Fatbackin' " ( Perception Records) and then some singles on Event Records. Sales were slim until "Spanish and The Sugarhill Gang are released.

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• 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He - Rap began to reach a wider audience as the scene's pioneers shifted focus from performing live to making records. Kurtis BlowKurtis Blow (born Curtis Walker on August 9, 1959), is one of the most influential early rappers and hip hop's first mainstream star. The Breaks" ( 1979) is one of hip hop's undisputed classics (basically a catchy disco tune with rapping) and Nas made a n was the first rapper to be signed to a major label and his track The Breaks was the first rap single to go gold while BlondieThe following are uses of the word "Blondie": Blondie (band a band based in New York City, active in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s Blondie (comic strip a long-running newspaper comic strip Blondie (movie Blondie is a 1938 movie based on the comic strip Blondi singer Debbie Harry introduced the concept to a new crowd by rapping on their single Rapture.
• 1981 - In 1981 The Funky 4 Plus One became the first rap act to perform on a US network TV show Saturday Night Live.
• 1982 - More groundbreaking records were released led by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's stark The Message which moved the scene on from party lyrics to rapping about economic and social problems. Afrika Bambaataa fused hip hop with electro in his landmark album Planet Rock - The Album. The first hiphop film Wild Style featured some early stars and showcased the whole scene including breakdancing and graffiti, inspiring a new generation of artists.
• 1983 - Rapping no longer had a disco beat, more so a rock beat and the first " beatboxing" was heard. Run-DMC appeared in 1983 ushering in a new era of hardcore blunt and stark beats and lyrics incorporating heavy guitars as well as hip hop beats. Their uncompromising stance extended to their visual image staying true to the style of the streets with gold chains and sportswear and shunning the costumes and stage routines of their predecessors. The first gangsta rap comes out of the West Coast while Herbie Hancock has a hit with jazz fusion single Rockit.
• 1984 - Run-DMC vocalist Joseph Run Simmons brother Russell formed the Def Jam record label with student Rick Rubin. A 16 year-old LL Cool J was its first artist. It went on to sign future stars including Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and Ja Rule and became the most powerful and influential label in rap.
• 1986 - The first gangsta rap records were released. Rap more was popular than ever before and was only percussion, no instruments. Run-DMC's third album Raising Hell and single Walk This Way made them the first rap act to fully cross over into the mainstream, appealing to rock and hip hop fans alike and becoming the first rap act embraced by MTV. White ex-punks the Beastie Boys similarly mixed rap and rock on their debut album Licensed to Ill the first rap album to hit number one and the bestselling rap album of the 1980s but were dismissed as phoney and unauthentic by some purists.
• 1987 - Public Enemy releases Yo! Bum Rush the Show . Because of their political subject matter, Public Enemy is regarded as one of the most influential rap groups.
• 1988 - Two landmark albums pushed rap in an aggressive and controversial direction. Public Enemy's political and powerful It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back was a manifesto for revolution in both rap and the wider world. And NWA epitomised gangsta rap with a celebration of the violence crime and misogyny of the Los Angeles ghetto in Straight Outta Compton. It shocked middle class America and caused an FBI investigation. MTV's first regular rap show, Yo! MTV Raps, started.
• 1989 - N.W.A. releases Straight Outta Compton, popularizing gangsta rap. The late 1980s hip hop scene was not all combative as was proved by a positive psychedelic and jazzy movement led by De La Soul whose classic debut 3 Feet High and Rising came out. They proclaimed the dawning of the Daisy Age and led a loose collective of artists called the Native Tongues Posse which also included A Tribe Called Quest and Queen Latifah. The Grammy Awards also handed out their first ever rap award to DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince.