September 1990: Madonna sits with her then-boyfriend, model Tony Ward, and one of her backup singers, Donna Delory, at the AIDS Project Los Angeles benefit concert on Sept. 7, 1990.
1979: The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" is released. While not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world.
