Hip-hop highlights.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 6, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mid-1970s: ``Tagging'' (signature graffiti) and breakdancing emerge in the Bronx. From the music DJs play at breakdance competitions, mixing and rap emerge. Pioneers are Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc.

1979: First nationally released rap song, ``Rapper's Delight,'' recorded by The Sugar Hill Gang.

1982: With lyrics like ``It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under,'' Grandmaster Flash's ``The Message'' is the fir...