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Pinoy hip hop or Filipino hip-hop (also known as Pinoy rap) is a style of hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent, especially Filipino-Americans.. The Philippines is known for having the first hip hop music scene in Asia [1] since the early 1980s, largely due to the country's historical connections with the United States where hip hop originated.
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 documentary concerned the history of rap music and hip-hop culture in the United States, from its origins in the Bronx to mainstream stardom at the turn of the 20th century, to the present day. The documentary focuses a lens on the political aspects and ramifications of Hip-hop music in a reactionary culture. [3]
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 ...
Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at ...
The 1980s were hip-hop’s first full decade as a documented musical genre on record, and from ’80 to ’89, rap grew from single to albums, from party songs to social commentary, from simple ...
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.
[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.