Dec 10, 2013 · Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 single “Rapper’s Delight,” the first hip-hop song widely heard outside of the Bronx, was pretty funny. The many boasts and anecdotes unleashed during its fourteen-plus minutes are highlighted by a comical quandry: What do you do when you don’t like your friend’s mom
In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as “hip hop” began to develop in the Bronx, New York City.It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over “breakbeats”, house parties and neighbourhood block party events, held outdoors.
Hip Hop emerged directly out of the living conditions in America’s inner cities in the 1970s, particularly the South Bronx region of New York City.
In celebration of women’s history month, we’re spotlighting 31 great female MCs over 31 days. Hip-hop is a tough game in which only the best survive.
In a new memoir, a former MTV staffer dishes on the rap industry’s persistent “down-low” culture. He doesn’t name names, but it’s a fascinating peek inside hip-hop’s last taboo.
Kool Herc’s parties were held in a recreation room at the Bronx projects where he lived — at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue (now officially protected as the birthplace of hip hop).
Thus far, I have attempted to establish a biblical basis for individual Christian cultural activity, …
How is the re-use and re-purposing of existing music at the heart of the Hip Hop recording experience?
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