On March 19th, 2007, the channelzerotv YouTube channel uploaded footage of rapper Big Daddy Kane dropping the mic on stage at a concert in Chicago, Illinois (shown below, left). On September 5th, 2006, a theater house manager published a post on his personal blog, which urged performers to stop damaging microphones by dropping them on stage. In the 2000s, comedian Chris Rock employed the mic drop at the end of his stand-up sets (shown below, right).

& Rakim, in which Rakim raps 'I used to let the mic smoke, now I slam it when I m done and make sure it's broke' (shown below, right).ĭuring a scene in the 1988 comedy film Comedy to America, the lead singer of the fictional R&B band Sexual Chocolate finishes a song and yells 'Sexual Chocolate!' while dropping the microphone (shown below, left). The earliest known reference to the practice in hip hop is contained within the 1987 track 'I Ain't No Joke' by Eric B.

The earliest known example occurred during comedian Eddie Murphy's 1983 stand-up special Delirious, in which he drops the microphone on stage after a fan yells 'Shut up bitch!' at a heckler (shown below, left). OriginĪccording to an article on Slate titled 'The History of the Mic Drop,' the practice of letting a microphone drop on stage was popularized by rappers and comedians in the 1980s. Colloquially, the expressions have also been used to celebrate the delivery of an impressive argument or insult. Mic Drop and Drop the Mic are expressions referring to the practice of intentionally letting a microphone fall to the ground as a display of bold confidence following a successful performance.

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