Mixtape era
2002–2009 · Event
Unofficial street CDs break new artists and keep stars in rotation; 50 Cent, T.I. and Lil Wayne rise through them.
On these timelines: History of Hip-Hop, Master
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- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Golden age of hip-hop (1986)
- Bronx block-party era (1973)
- Tupac Shakur is shot in Las Vegas (1996)
- Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
- Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang) (1979)
- The Message (Grandmaster Flash) (1982)
- Illmatic (Nas album) (1994)
Around 2002
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- Arab Spring (2010)
- One More Night (Maroon 5) (2012)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Crazy in Love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) (2003)
- Boom Boom Pow (The Black Eyed Peas) (2009)
- Burn (Usher) (2004)
- Jump (Kris Kross) (1992)