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Major Milestones in Hip Hop
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Hip Hop was born in the 1970s at block parties in the Bronx when DJs began to isolate the percussion beats from disco and funk records. Since then hip hop has become a major part of pop culture. Here is a list of some of the major milestones that contributed to the emergence of Hip Hop as a popular music genre.
| | First Hip Hop DJ - Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell |
| | First Latino Hip Hop DJ - DJ Disco Wiz |
| | First DJ to Scratch - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore I in 1975 at the age of 13 |
| | First MC - Coke La Rock |
| | First Recording by a Rap Group - Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight" |
| | First All-Female MC Group - Mercedes Ladies |
| | First TV Show Dedicated to Hip Hop - "Graffiti Rock" |
| | First Latin Rap Record - The Mean Machine - "Disco Dreams" |
| | First Hip Hop Radio Show - Mr Magic WHBI FM, 1979 |
| | First MC Signed to a Major Record Label - Kurtis Blow to Mercury Records |
| | First Gold Hip Hop Single - Kurtis Blow "The Breaks" |
| | First Music Video by a Rap Group - Whodini "Magic's Wand" |
| | First TV Performance by a MC Group - Funky Four on Saturday Night Live |
| | First Multi-Platinum Rap Album - Run DMC "Raising Hell" |
| | First Rap Group Nominated for a Grammy - Run DMC for best R&B vocal performance |
| | First Rap Album with a Parental Advisory Label - Ice-T "Power" |
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