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    and excited‚ with simple or no rhymes ; these DJs included Pete DJ Jones‚ Eddie Cheeba‚ DJ Hollywood and Love Bug Starski. On the other hand‚ another group were focusing on rapid-fire rhymes and a more complex rhythmic scheme. These included Afrika Bambaataa‚ Paul Winley‚ Grandmaster Flash and Bobby Robinson. As the 70s became the 1980s‚ many felt that hip hop was a novelty fad that would soon die out. This was to become a constant accusation for at least the next fifteen years. Some of the earliest

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    Hip hop is one of the most controversial and beloved genres of music amongst the youth and working class culture of the 20th century (Aldridge et al. 2016). Even though it is popularized as just a form of music‚ some would argue that it is a lifestyle that transcends borders. It is an art form that has been driven through the social‚ economic‚ and cultural realities that individuals face on a daily basis while sampling jazz‚ rock‚ blues‚ and soul to compose a breed of its own (Aldridge et al. 2016

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    Hip-Hop: A New Generation Hip-hop was born out of the Bronx during the 1970s. Artists such as Grandmaster Flash‚ DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaata mixed funk‚ soul and Jamaican "toasting" (chanting over music) to create a type of hip-hop. Since its early formation‚ hip-hop has become one of the world’s biggest-selling musical genres. Its influence on Western society is far reaching and hip-hop is often referred to as a "culture". Hip-Hop has had a notable influence on fashion‚ language‚ art and

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    The Effects of Hip Hop Music on Today’s Youth If a person was born anywhere between the 1980’s to the 1990’s‚ he or she is considered a part of the "Hip Hop Generation". Music is a gift that has been given to us‚ but the question is‚ "where is hip hop music going?" Hip-hop is now one of the biggest and fastest growing businesses in the world. It’s creativity in sound‚ and its lyrics have impressed and empowered many of today’s youth. But is hip-hop music taking today’s youths where they need to

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    ’Mount Rushmore’‚ it dawned on me that there can be some pretty wild comparisons made between plenty of U.S. presidents and rappers throughout history. So why not compare all of them? George Washington / Afrika Bambaataa: George Washington was‚ of course‚ our very first pres. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the most well-known ’Founding Fathers’ of Hip-Hop. Planet Rock is one of the absolute best and most monumental hip-hop records of all time‚ and George Washington was a flat-out beast. Planet Rock

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    II. Civil Rights‚ Racial Justice‚ and Civil Liberties - Civil Rights- dejure and defacto equality; integration Headquarters – South‚ Northern Cities Examples – Martin Luther King‚ Jr. (N.A.A.C.P./Black Church) The Strategy in action - Racial Justice – defacto equality; seperation to achieve equality or to create a black state‚ economy‚ or society Headquarters – Northern Cities‚ West‚ National Chapter (N.O.I./B.P.P.S.D.) Example 1: Honorable Elijah Muhammad‚ Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) Muhammad

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    When I’m in a car riding down the street there is only one radio station that I really enjoy‚ KXHT 107.1. The music they play is quite specific. They are a hip-hop and R&B station that plays mostly southeastern groups. Hip-hop is quite new to me having really only gotten into it in the early years of high school were as I liked rock since childhood. It was for this reason and a few others that I decided to interview a personality from Hot 107 as they are nicknamed. Memphis is the first city that

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    Let take you to a tropical paradise where you’re dancing on a white sand beach while drinking fruity alcoholic beverages with your friends; this is what the summer song “one dance” by drake portrayed. Drake the artist of one dance is a very prevalent figure in the rap industry who is known for coming out chart topping hits. He was first signed to Young Money record who was lead by lil Wayne another prevalent rapper in the music industry and had another artist like nikki manji . Drake has broke off

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    History Of Hip Hop

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    Hip-hop is one of the most diverse dance. Much of early hip-hop was unrecorded because hip-hop culture was very experimental and many considered it just messing around.(The origins of hip-hop 26) Hip-hop was invented in the mid-1970’s by many people. It was first seen on the streets of New York. Grandmaster Flash was one of the inventors of hip-hop. (The Break Master) Many people created hip-hop on the streets of New York in the mid-1970’s. Hip-hop was first seen on the streets of New York. “I

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    The 1970’s brought folk music and disco‚ and in the 80’s it became rap and Hip-Hop. The Birth of Hip Hop originally started in the streets of New York in the 1970’s. It later began to be widely known in the early 80’s as it generally became a musical art form that has been around for over 20 years. It’s derive came from a young generation of Black people and Latino-Americans in the slums of Bronx to send political messages and reach a particular audience to help create change. Hip-Hop was formed

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