Hip-hop has officially been a part of music for 50 years. This week, leading up to the 50th anniversary of a party featuring DJ Kool Herc held in the Bronx on August 11, 1973, we’ll devote each Coffee Break to a different decade of hip-hop music. It’s time for the 2010s.

In this era, hip-hop established even more of a digital presence, allowing the genre to branch out into every country in the world due to streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and Apple Music.

At this point, hip-hop became the definitive driving force in pop culture, which then gave birth to sub-genres like trap, cloud rap, drill, and emo hip-hop. The 2010s are also noteworthy for putting producers more in the limelight.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which 2010s-era hip-hop songs do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Tank and the Bangas - Ants
Run The Jewels - Crown feat. Diane Coffee
Megan Thee Stallion - Hot Girl Summer feat. Nicki Minaj
Chance The Rapper - Angels
Noname - Song 31
Tyler The Creator - Earfquake
A Tribe Called Quest - We The People...
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You (bonus)