Time Capsule
If you were born in 1963, you turned 16 in
1979
Hip-hop era: Old School
Marquee moments in 1979 1
On This Day in 1979 (first 5) 5
- 19791979Sylvia and Joe Robinson found Sugar Hill Records
- 1979Jan 19, 1979Wiley is born
- 1979Mar 1979Fatback Band releases 'King Tim III (Personality Jock)' — the first commercial rap recording
- 1979Sep 16, 1979Sugarhill Gang releases 'Rapper's Delight' — first rap single to crack the Top 40
- 1979Sep 16, 1979"Rapper's Delight" is released