Z107.3’s This Week in Pop Music History: Tupac, Ashanti, Green Day [VIDEOs]
Being the Bangor station that provides you with mostly today's hottest music but also provides you with a healthy dose of yester-year's tunes with Back In the Cafe, we are providing you with a little music history of the 1990's, 2000's and this decade. Get to know a little about the artists that have shaped your musical vocabulary by taking in what has led to the music landscape of today.Behold... Z107.3's This Week In Pop Music History!
April 15 - 21 : See how Ashanti, Timbaland, Prince, Tupac, Green Day, and Nirvana marked this week in history for pop music from the past 30 years.
2015 - Green Day
After 20 years of being a band, the multi-Grammy winners are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it being their first year of eligibility. The band is inducted by Fall Out Boy.
2012 - Tupac Shakur
Tupac comes to life in 3D at the Coachella music festival, joined by Snoop Dog and Dr. Dre, performing Hail Mary and 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted.
VIDEO WARNING: Explicit language.
2009 - Timbaland
Timbaland hits #1 on the Hot 100 chart with Give It to Me featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake.
2002 - Ashanti
Ashanti is not only going to be in Bangor this week for the 'I Love the 2000s' tour with Chingy, Ma$e, and Ja Rule but, this week in 2002, she hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her single Foolish.
1994 - Prince
Prince has his first #1 hit in the U.K. with this '90's classic The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.
1991 - Nirvana
In this week in 1991, Nirvana performs Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time ever.