Glennisha Morgan
December 27th, 2019
Hip-hop has had some stellar moments in 2019 as well as some that were not so great. From shocking deaths to shocking claims, below are some of hip-hop’s biggest moments of 2019.
The hip-hop community was swept with grief in March of 2019 when Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside of his apparel store The Marathon Clothing in Los Angeles.
Throughout 2019, many women in hip-hop befriended each other and also collaborated on many singles. Houston's Megan Thee Stallion who was hip-hop's 2019 buzziest newcomer embraced many of her peers and the energy just seemed to spread like a wildfire.
In July of 2019, Jermaine Dupri sat down for an interview with People TV to discuss his new project. During the interview, the producer likened current women rappers to strippers, which sent the hip-hop community and social media users into a frenzy. “The only reason why I can’t say is because I feel they’re all rapping about the same things. I don’t think they’re showing us who’s the best rapper. I think they’re trying to show—for me, it’s like strippers rapping,” Dupri said.
In 2019, Nicki Minaj shocked the hip-hop community by announcing that she would be retiring.
At the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey, rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer Missy Elliott received her Vanguard Award.
Fans of the Miami rap duo City Girls awaited JT's highly-anticipated return from prison. The "Act Up" rapper returned home in October of 2019.
Many from the hip-hop community mourned director John Singleton when news broke that he had passed this year after suffering a stroke. Celebrities including Ice Cube, Tyrese, and Regina King took to social media to honor the director.
In October of 2019, Lil Kim announced that she was passing the torch to Bronx rapper Cardi B. “I would leave that to Cardi. Cardi said she wanted to do something like that, so let her pick. She’s got the crown,” Lil Kim said after she was asked who she would pick to do a new version of her Grammy Award-winning collaboration “Lady Marmalade" by Build.
