A history of the mic drop: When did people start dropping the mic?

A history of the mic drop: When did people start dropping the mic?: If you really set the stage, or the podium, or the Twitterverse, on fire in 2013, there’s apparently only one way to celebrate: You drop the mic. This relatively new kind of celebration is everywhere. Earlier this month Mindy Kaling dropped the mic at a rap battle on The Mindy Project, and just last weekend people used mic drops to Tweet about everything from the Inauguration to the Sundance Film Festival. So who popularized the mic drop?