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1 day ago · The Old-School. The old-school era, lasting from the 1970s to the 1980s, was filled with creativity and laid the foundation for hip-hop’s prominence. The popularity of block parties, which occurred in the Bronx in the early seventies, led to the rise of hip-hop after gaining influence from African Americans and Puerto Ricans (Reese, 2020, p. 48).
2 days ago · Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, starting in the Bronx, New York City. Pioneered from Black American street culture, that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
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I was reading some things between Wikipedia and RYM and came up with some varying conclusions. Wikipedia lists Dirty South as just another name for Southern Hip-Hop, while RYM makes it sound like it's another genre associated with Southern Hip-Hop.
5 days ago · Hip-Hop is one of the most diverse and fascinating musical genres out there. Countless artists have created and evolved the genre over the years, and it has come a long way since its violent origins on the streets of the Bronx.
5 days ago · DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, is a Jamaican-born New Yorker widely known as the founding father of hip-hop. In the early 1970s in the Bronx, he introduced the " merry-go-round " DJing ...
4 days ago · As hip-hop continued to evolve throughout the 1980s and 1990s, artists began experimenting with new sounds and styles, pushing the boundaries of traditional rap music. It was during this period that elements of melody started to find their way into rap songs, laying the foundation for what we now recognize as melodic rap.
1 day ago · Two Hip-Hop staples that originated with the king are party chants you have definitely heard before. They are, “You rock and you don’t stop” and “Hotel, motel, you don’t tell, we won’t ...
