Table of contents: January | February | March | April | May | June | July August | September | October | November | December January January 1: Grandmaster flash was born in 1958 January 7: 50 Cent releases his debut single, "In da Club" January 8: DJ Clue? was born in 1975, as was Just Blaze in 1978 January 9: MF Doom was born in 1971 January 12: Raekwon was born in 1970, as was Zack de la Rocha January 14: LL Cool J was born in 1968, as was Slick Rick in 1965 January 15: 9th Wonder was born in 1975, was was Pitbull in 1981 January 17: Lil Jon was born in 1971, as was Ray J in 1981 January 18: A$AP Mob's founder A$AP Yams pa**es away January 19: Mac Miller was born in 1992 January 20: Joey Bada$$ was born in 1995, as was Questlove in 1971 January 21: Jam Master Jay was born in 1965, as was Rapsody in 1988 and Spider Loc in 1979 January 22: DJ Jazzy Jef was born in 1965, as was Logic in 1990 January 23: Statik Selektah was born in 1982 January 26: Harry Fraud was born in 1987 January 28: Rakim was born in 1968, as was Rick Ross in 1976 and J. Cole in 1985 January 29: RiFF RaFF was born in 1982 January 30: Kid Cudi was born in 1984 February February 1 February 6: 50 Cent's debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' was released, 2003 February 10: Kanye West performs "Hey Mama" at the Grammy Awards, 2008 February 13: Drake releases his third mixtape So Far Gone, 2009 February 13: Fugees release their second album, The Score, 1996 February 14: Kanye West releases The Life of Pablo, his seventh studio album, in 2016 February 24: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill becomes the first Hip Hop album to win 'Album of the Year' at the Grammy Awards, 1999 March March 1 March 8: Gang Starr's Hard To Earn was released, 1994 March 9: Hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G. shot and k**ed, 1997 March 15: Kendrick Lamar's third studio album, To Pimp A bu*terfly was released, 2015 April April 1 April 5: Jordan Michael Houston, aka Juicy J was born, 1975 April 5: Pharrell Williams was born, 1973 April 19: Gang Starr rapper Guru pa**ed away, 2010 April 19: Nas' debut studio album, illmatic was released, 1994 May May 1 May 21: Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. was born, 1972 May 23: Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP was released, 2000 May 24: Gerald Earl Gillum, aka G-Eazy was born, 1989 May 27: André Lauren Benjamin aka André 3000 was born, 1975 June June 1 June 8: Kanye Omari West was born, 1977 June 10: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III was released, 2008 June 15: J. Cole releases his second mixtape The Warm Up, 2009 June 15: O'Shea Jackson, Sr., aka Ice Cube was born, 1969 June 16: Lesane Parish Crooks, aka 2Pac Shakur was born, 1971 June 17: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born, 1987 June 18: Kanye West's sixth studio album, Yeezus, J. Cole's second album, Born Sinnerand Mac Miller's second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off were all released, 2013 June 22: Diddy is arrested for a**aulting a football coach at UCLA June 23: "Dear Mama" was chosen as the first rap song in the National Recording Registry, 2010 June 28: Jay Z becomes the first rapper to headline Glastonbury Festival on the Pyramid Stage, 2008 July July 1: Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five release "The Message", 1982 July 2: Vanilla Ice releases "Ice Ice Baby" July 6: 50 Cent was born in 1975 July 7: Eric B. & Rakim's debut album Paid In Full was released July 13: Swimming Pools comes out in 2012. It's the start of Kendrick Lamar's rise to fame Unkown Date: LEANZUS b*tch August August 1: Raekwon's solo debut album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... was released August 8: Jay Z and Kanye West release Watch the Throne, 2011 August 25: Lauryn Hill releases her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill September September 1 September 11: Jay Z's The Blueprint was released, 2001 September 11: 50 Cent's Curtis was released September 11: Kanye West's Graduation was released, 2004 September 13: The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, Ready To Die was released September 13: Hip-hop icon 2Pac Shakur pa**ed away September 14: Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, aka Nas was born September 25: Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino was born, 1983 September 27: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., aka Lil Wayne was born October October 1 October 17: Marshall Bruce Mathers III, aka Eminem was born October 20: Jam Master Jay shot and k**ed October 22: Kendrick Lamar's second studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city was released, 2012 November November 1 November 9: Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was released November 12: J. Cole releases his third mixtape Friday Night Lights November 14: Jay Z releases his eighth and supposedly final studio album, The Black Album November 22: Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released December December 1 December 4: Shawn Carter aka Jay Z is born December 10: Childish Gambino's second studio album, because the internet released December 10: J. Cole performs "Be Free" on David Letterman December 18: Nas' fifth studio album, Stillmatic was released December 15: Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint was released