Timeline.

Fifty years of hip-hop, organized as a graph. Browse by era, year, or calendar date — every moment cited to a public source.

By era

10 overlapping chapters

01 Roots & Precursors pre-1973 02 Old School 1973—1983 03 Golden Age 1984—1993 04 Conscious Wave 1983—2000 05 Coastal Era 1991—1997 06 Bling Era 1997—2007 07 Southern Takeover 1990—2010 08 Blog Era 2006—2014 09 Conscious Resurgence 2010—now 10 Streaming / Trap Dominance 2014—now

The marquee spine

47 moments · 1973—now

By year

73 years with moments

On this day

256 calendar dates covered

01-01 01-06 01-07 01-09 01-10 01-11 01-12 01-14 01-15 01-17 01-18 01-19 01-20 01-21 01-22 01-24 01-27 01-28 01-31 02-01 02-02 02-03 02-06 02-07 02-08 02-09 02-10 02-12 02-13 02-15 02-16 02-18 02-19 02-21 02-22 02-23 02-24 02-25 02-28 03-02 03-03 03-05 03-06 03-08 03-09 03-10 03-11 03-12 03-14 03-15 03-16 03-18 03-19 03-20 03-21 03-22 03-23 03-24 03-25 03-26 03-27 03-28 03-30 03-31 04-01 04-04 04-05 04-06 04-07 04-08 04-09 04-10 04-11 04-13 04-14 04-16 04-17 04-18 04-19 04-22 04-25 04-26 04-28 04-29 04-30 05-01 05-02 05-03 05-04 05-06 05-09 05-10 05-13 05-15 05-16 05-17 05-19 05-20 05-21 05-23 05-24 05-25 05-26 05-27 05-28 05-30 05-31 06-01 06-03 06-04 06-05 06-06 06-07 06-08 06-09 06-10 06-11 06-12 06-15 06-16 06-17 06-18 06-20 06-21 06-23 06-25 06-26 06-28 06-30 07-01 07-04 07-05 07-06 07-07 07-09 07-11 07-12 07-13 07-14 07-15 07-16 07-17 07-19 07-20 07-21 07-22 07-25 07-26 07-31 08-01 08-03 08-04 08-06 08-07 08-08 08-09 08-11 08-14 08-15 08-17 08-18 08-19 08-20 08-21 08-22 08-25 08-27 08-29 08-30 09-01 09-02 09-03 09-04 09-06 09-07 09-08 09-09 09-10 09-11 09-12 09-13 09-14 09-16 09-17 09-18 09-19 09-20 09-21 09-22 09-23 09-24 09-25 09-27 09-28 09-29 09-30 10-01 10-04 10-10 10-11 10-12 10-14 10-17 10-19 10-22 10-24 10-25 10-27 10-28 10-29 10-30 10-31 11-01 11-02 11-03 11-04 11-06 11-07 11-08 11-09 11-10 11-12 11-13 11-14 11-15 11-16 11-17 11-18 11-19 11-20 11-21 11-22 11-23 11-24 11-25 11-28 11-30 12-01 12-03 12-04 12-06 12-07 12-08 12-09 12-11 12-15 12-16 12-17 12-18 12-20 12-21 12-22 12-25 12-27 12-28 12-29