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Jul 7, 2023 · While much was made about hip-hop’s east coast and west coast sounds, Houston left its own mark on it, most famously through “chopped and screwed” music developed by artists like DJ Screw and Bun B, among others. In the audio above, we discuss 50 years of hip-hop with John Guess, the CEO of The Houston Museum of African American Culture.
If hip-hop culture is all about geography, then the East Coast and West Coast are nothing like the Gulf Coast. The so-called Third Coast found its voice in the 1980s, when Houston’s Rap-A-Lot record label was founded. James Smith founded Rap-A-Lot in 1986 after meeting up-and-coming teens Keith Rogers and Oscar Ceres and decided to back them ...
Mar 9, 2024 · Just over 200 music videos have surpassed the one billion views mark on YouTube, the beloved streaming service that launched 15 years ago. The first video to reach a billion views was Psy’s “Gangnam Style” in 2012. Then it was Bieber, naturally, with “Baby” in 2015. “Despacito” is near the top of the list, with over six billion views.
Sep 16, 2019 · First Hip Hop Single to Reach the Billboard Top 40 “Rapper’s Delight” made it into the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 5, 1980, peaking at no. 36 that same month ...
Feb 27, 2019 · The first rap record by a non-rap group “King Tim III” is recorded by the Fatback Band. Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” would go on to become the first known rap hit, reaching #36 ...
Jun 28, 2023 · The duo, comprised of Bun B and Pimp C, may not have been the first great Houston rap group, but they came to define the city’s trunk-rattling grit with albums like 1996’s classic Ridin ...
New Zealand rapper King Kapisi (Bill Urale) made a basketball-themed music video for his 2005 single "Raise Up". Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, [1] emceeing [2] or MCing [2] [3]) is an African-American artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular ...
