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Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] and Caribbean Americans [3] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black and Caribbean American street culture, [5] [6] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery. [7]
The book published by Aria Multimedia Entertainment contains 30 essays on the evolution of hip-hop culture and 40 individual profiles of artists like Kurtis Blow and will.i.am. It contains playlists of famous singles and albums many consider essential to hip-hop's past four decades from the time of the book being created, and 154 interviews ...
The music developed as part of the broader hip-hop culture; while often used to refer solely to rapping and rap music, "hip-hop" more properly denotes the practice(s) of the entire subculture. [10] [11] The term hip-hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, [9] [12] though rapping may not be the focus of hip-hop music.
Against the backdrop of Nigeria and South Africa’s hip-hop evolution, the Senegalese rap scene was bubbling up. By the late eighties, hip-hop influence reached the French-speaking country in ...
[9] [11] She founded the university's Archives of African American Music and Culture in 1991, and served as its director from 1991 through 2013. [9] The archives started as Maultsby's personal collection and grew to include more than 10,000 pieces of music and music-related items (including interviews, photographs, and recordings) by 2003.
Rhyme & Reason is a 1997 documentary film about rap and hip hop.Documentary filmmaker Peter Spirer interviewed over 80 significant artists in rap and hip hop music. The film explores the history of hip hop culture, how rap evolved to become a major cultural voice (and a multi-billion dollar industry), and what the artists have to say about the music's often controversial images and reputation.
Whether a warning, a demand or an affirmation, hip-hop culture and, especially, rap music have been mediums for holding the powerful accountable, for delivering lyrical indictments against ...
Latin hip hop (also known as Latin rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that is recorded by artists in the United States of Hispanic and Latino descent, along with Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, and Spain.