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This is a list of notable hip hop musicians. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
[39] [40] Hip hop scholar Michael Eric Dyson stated, "during the golden age of hip hop, from 1987 to 1993, Afrocentric and black nationalist rap were prominent", [41] and critic Scott Thill described the time as "the golden age of hip hop, the late '80s and early '90s when the form most capably fused the militancy of its Black Panther and Watts ...
With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles. [1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap ...
Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [ 1 ] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles.
As one of the first hip-hop hits with a melodic chorus, “It Takes Two” foreshadowed the formula of rapped verses and R&B hooks that would rule urban radio in the ‘90s and beyond. 12 ...
This is a list of artists signed to Motown or one of its many subsidiaries. Overview of Motown acts Name Signed Label Notes 98 Degrees: 1990s Motown 702: 1980s/1990s
This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth and music genres with which they are associated. ... Hip hop, R&B, soul, funk, pop;
This is a list of notable hip hop groups. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .