Timeline Of Bit-Hop

1988

 * The track "Human Video Game" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is released. It interpolates music and sound effects from "Donkey Kong", "Pac-Man", and "Ms. Pacman", and is the first Hip-Hop song to talk about a love for gaming.

2010

 * American rapper Saigon releases the song "Get Busy", which not only samples music and sound effects from "Super Mario Bros.", but tells a fictional story reimagining Mario and Luigi as drug dealers.

2015

 * American rapper-producer MC Zappa begins to make beats consisting of simple NES music loops and sound effects over classic drum breaks, writing lyrics about the gaming culture.
 * MC Zappa coins the term "Bit-Hop".

2016

 * MC Zappa begins recording "It's All A Game", the debut Bit-Hop album.