who started hip-hop?
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"Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, a rapper with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five has been credited with coining the term hip hop in 1978 while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.[9] Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance.[10] The group frequently performed with disco artists who would refer to this new type of MC/DJ-produced music by calling them "those hip-hoppers". The name was originally meant as a sign of disrespect, but soon came to identify this new music and culture.
The opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, in addition to the verse on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's own "Superrappin'", were both released in 1979. Lovebug Starski, a Bronx DJ who put out a single called "The Positive Life" in 1981, and DJ Hollywood then began using the term when referring to this new disco rap music. Hip hop pioneer and South Bronx community leader Afrika Bambaataa also credits Lovebug Starski as the first to use the term "Hip Hop," as it relates to the culture. Bambaataa, former leader of the Black Spades gang also did much to further popularize the term."
Wikipedia can be pretty useful every now and then.
The opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, in addition to the verse on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's own "Superrappin'", were both released in 1979. Lovebug Starski, a Bronx DJ who put out a single called "The Positive Life" in 1981, and DJ Hollywood then began using the term when referring to this new disco rap music. Hip hop pioneer and South Bronx community leader Afrika Bambaataa also credits Lovebug Starski as the first to use the term "Hip Hop," as it relates to the culture. Bambaataa, former leader of the Black Spades gang also did much to further popularize the term."
Wikipedia can be pretty useful every now and then.
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According to Nas, Hip-Hop is dead lol. Even if it was a joke or not, I agree, Hip-Hop is played out now.
I mean really, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side?? Salt, pepper, ketchup, and hot sauce? The songs get more dumb every time.
I mean really, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side?? Salt, pepper, ketchup, and hot sauce? The songs get more dumb every time.
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Ikaros Type Alpha wrote...
According to Nas, Hip-Hop is dead lol. Even if it was a joke or not, I agree, Hip-Hop is played out now.I mean really, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side?? Salt, pepper, ketchup, and hot sauce? The songs get more dumb every time.
I miss Binary Star... he played all the shit talking about fake rappers...