Streaming / Trap Dominance
Moments (86)
- Mar 23, 1989 — Mike WiLL Made-It is born
- Jun 5, 1990 — DJ Mustard is born
- Mar 9, 1991 — Kenny Beats is born
- Jul 19, 1993 — Pi'erre Bourne is born
- Jul 26, 1993 — Stormzy is born
- Sep 16, 1993 — Metro Boomin is born
- Feb 23, 1994 — Little Simz is born
- Jun 4, 1998 — Central Cee is born
- Jun 5, 1998 — Dave is born
- Mar 12, 2012 — Chief Keef releases 'I Don't Like' — Chicago drill arrives nationally
- Sep 24, 2013 — Nothing Was the Same is released
- Apr 11, 2014 — OutKast reunites at Coachella for its 20th-anniversary tour
- May 28, 2014 — Apple acquires Beats Electronics for $3 billion
- Jun 7, 2014 — Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' tops the Billboard Hot 100
- Dec 3, 2014 — Billboard 200 starts counting streams and track sales as album-equivalent units
- Dec 15, 2014 — The Pinkprint is released
- Feb 12, 2015 — Kanye West launches Yeezy with Adidas at New York Fashion Week
- Mar 30, 2015 — Jay-Z and 15 artist-owners launch Tidal
- May 17, 2015 — Chinx is shot and killed in Queens
- Jul 21, 2015 — Drake vs Meek Mill (2015) ignites
- Aug 14, 2015 — F. Gary Gray's 'Straight Outta Compton' opens
- 2016 — 67 release 'Lets Lurk' feat. Giggs — UK drill enters the British mainstream conversation
- 2016 — 22Gz releases 'Suburban' — Brooklyn drill begins
- May 6, 2016 — Skepta wins the Mercury Prize for 'Konnichiwa'
- Jun 10, 2016 — Lil Peep releases 'Crybaby' mixtape — emo rap coalesces
- Sep 27, 2016 — Atrocity Exhibition is released
- Jan 27, 2017 — Culture is released
- Mar 30, 2017 — Kendrick Lamar releases 'HUMBLE.'
- Mar 30, 2017 — "HUMBLE." is released
- Apr 14, 2017 — DAMN. is released
- Jun 9, 2017 — Ctrl is released
- Jun 16, 2017 — "Bodak Yellow" is released
- Jun 30, 2017 — 4:44 is released
- Jun 30, 2017 — Tay-K arrested in New Jersey three months into US Marshals manhunt
- Jul 17, 2017 — Nielsen reports hip-hop has surpassed rock as the most consumed music genre in the United States
- Sep 25, 2017 — Cardi B's 'Bodak Yellow' tops the Billboard Hot 100 — first solo female rap #1 since Lauryn Hill
- Nov 15, 2017 — Lil Peep dies of accidental overdose
- Apr 6, 2018 — Invasion of Privacy is released
- May 25, 2018 — Daytona is released
- Jun 1, 2018 — Kanye West publicly identifies as bipolar on the 'Ye' album cover
- Jun 18, 2018 — XXXTentacion is shot and killed outside a Deerfield Beach motorsports dealership
- Aug 3, 2018 — Astroworld is released
- Sep 3, 2018 — Eminem releases 'Killshot' — diss response to Machine Gun Kelly's 'Rap Devil'
- Sep 7, 2018 — Mac Miller dies of an accidental overdose at 26
- Feb 10, 2019 — Cardi B becomes the first solo woman to win Grammy Best Rap Album
- Mar 31, 2019 — Nipsey Hussle is shot outside his Marathon Clothing store in South LA
- Jun 28, 2019 — Stormzy headlines Glastonbury — first Black British solo headliner
- Aug 29, 2019 — Cardi B's 'Bodak Yellow' certified Diamond (RIAA 10x Platinum)
- Sep 17, 2019 — 6ix9ine testifies for federal prosecutors against Nine Trey Bloods
- Sep 19, 2019 — Dave wins the Mercury Prize for 'Psychodrama'
- Dec 8, 2019 — Juice WRLD dies of an accidental overdose at Chicago's Midway Airport
- Feb 19, 2020 — Pop Smoke is shot during a home-invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills
- Mar 6, 2020 — "Savage" is released
- Mar 24, 2020 — Swizz Beatz and Timbaland launch Verzuz
- Apr 29, 2020 — Megan Thee Stallion releases 'Savage' remix featuring Beyoncé
- Jun 12, 2020 — Lil Baby releases 'The Bigger Picture'
- Jul 12, 2020 — Pop Smoke's posthumous 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon' debuts at #1
- Jul 12, 2020 — Megan Thee Stallion is shot by Tory Lanez in Los Angeles
- Aug 7, 2020 — Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion release 'WAP'
- Aug 7, 2020 — "WAP" is released
- Nov 6, 2020 — King Von is shot and killed outside an Atlanta hookah lounge
- Dec 25, 2020 — Playboi Carti releases 'Whole Lotta Red' — rage music consolidates
- Apr 9, 2021 — DMX dies at White Plains Hospital after a heart attack
- Jul 25, 2021 — DaBaby's Rolling Loud Miami homophobic comments — and the industry response
- Sep 27, 2021 — R. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex-trafficking offenses
- Nov 17, 2021 — Young Dolph is shot and killed at a Memphis bakery
- Dec 18, 2021 — Drakeo the Ruler is stabbed and killed backstage at the Once Upon a Time in LA festival
- Feb 9, 2022 — Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records from MNRK Music Group
- May 9, 2022 — Young Thug arrested in Atlanta RICO indictment
- Jun 17, 2022 — Central Cee releases 'Doja' — UK drill goes global on TikTok
- Sep 8, 2022 — Little Simz wins the Mercury Prize for 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'
- Sep 12, 2022 — PnB Rock is shot and killed during a Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles robbery
- Oct 25, 2022 — Adidas terminates Yeezy partnership over Kanye West's antisemitic comments
- Nov 1, 2022 — Migos's Takeoff is shot and killed in Houston
- Nov 4, 2022 — Her Loss is released
- Feb 10, 2023 — AKA is shot and killed in Durban, South Africa
- Apr 2024 — Jay-Z's Roc Nation tops $1B in annual revenue (reported Forbes valuation)
- Apr 13, 2024 — "Push Ups" is released
- Apr 30, 2024 — "Euphoria" is released
- May 3, 2024 — "Family Matters" is released
- May 4, 2024 — Kendrick Lamar releases 'Not Like Us' — the climactic moment of the Drake vs Kendrick beef
- May 4, 2024 — "Not Like Us" is released
- Jun 23, 2024 — Julio Foolio is shot and killed in Tampa
- Sep 16, 2024 — Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges
- Nov 22, 2024 — GNX is released
- Feb 9, 2025 — Kendrick Lamar headlines Super Bowl LIX halftime — the most-watched halftime show ever
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