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Hip-Hop and R&B. History of Hip hop. Hip hop is the culture from which rap emerged. Initially it consisted of four main elements; graffiti art, break dancing, dj.
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History of Hip hop • Hip hop is the culture from which rap emerged. Initially it consisted of four main elements; graffiti art, break dancing, dj. • Hip hop was first started in the Bronx whereas kool herc(Clive Campell) moved to west Bronx from Jamaica to incorporate Jamaican style of dejaying which involved reciting improved rhymes of reggae records. • He started dejaying at his first block party whereas he started shouting over the instrumental break which evoke the crowd, from then the party shouts became more elaborate. • At this time rap was not yet known as rap it was called emceeing, Rap a chance to freely express themselves, Rapping was a verbal skill that could be practiced and honed to perfection at almost anytime.
Run DMC was one of well known hip hop acts in 1980 Ll cool j(ladies love cool James) one of the first rappers to use conventional song structure to make pop oriented rap Public enemy an American band formed in 1982 2pac begin his career in early 1990’s he formed a group called thug life. Lil Kim is an american female rapper who started her career 1995
Timeline of Hip-hop 1940:THOMAS WONG BETTER KNOWN AS "TOM THE GREAT" SEBASTIAN BEGAN USING A BOOMING SOUND SYSTEM AND AMERICAN RECORDS TO STEEL CROWDS FROM LOCAL BANDS. 1967: Kool herc(Clive Campell) the father of hip-hop deejay at his first block party he was born in Jamaica and immigrated at the age of 12, he used his knowledge of the Jamaican sound system scene to the Bronx 1925:Earl Tucker ("Snake Hips") was a performer at the Cotton Club His style of dance is defiantly related that of waving that you see young Hip Hop dancers still doing today. 1969: The creation of a new dance called campbellock which was invented by an street dancer in los Angeles Don Cambell 1972: Graffiti group "Wanted" was founded by TRACY 168 in 1972. Tracy was a white kid who was so tough that he was allowed to hang out with the Black Spades 1968: OCT. 29'th "JAMES BROWN" RECORDS A BBOY ANTHEM "GIVE IT UP OR TURN IT LOOSE" WITH "NATE JONES" ON THE DRUMS (KING RECORDS)