Black History Month on BBC 1Xtra

Throughout the month of October BBC 1Xtra will be celebrating the achievements, events, and black music icons that have contributed to this history over the last 5 decades. Each week we will be looking at a different decade focussing on the music, the politics and the drama that define that period in time.

Hear Part four of 1Xtra's Black History Month

BBC 1Xtra - Black History

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What happened in the 1990s:

• In Jamaica, a 19 year old Buju Banton breaks Bob Marley's record for the most number one singles in one year.
  
  
• Puffy introduces the world to Mary J. Blige, releasing her first album What's the 411?, a landmark album in the world of RnB.
  
  
• A level student Stephen Lawrence is murdered by a group of white men while waiting for a bus in South East London. His killers are never captured.
  
  
• London garage scene DJs like The Dreem Teem start playing US garage instrumentals pitched up. It evolves into a distinct sound and the name 'speed garage' is coined.
  
  
• Tiger Woods makes golf history at the US Masters by becoming the youngest champion and the first black player to win a major tournament.

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