*** Author of "Rapper's Delight" essay currently archived at the Library of Congress ***
*** Guest speaker of BBC2 Radio "Rapper's Delight 40th Anniversary" by Trevor Nelson - September 2019 ***
The History of Hip Hop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the 20th century, and a deeper look into a new world that America's hip-hop generation created for music lovers worldwide.
The rap game transformed urban America forever and the 1980s!
From infancy to a new culture, a new urban music style known as hip hop paved way for inner cities; creating local talented artists who popped up from all over the boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx. "The Golden Era" was just coming into its own while MCs; Kurtis Blow, DJ Kool Herc, Afrikan Bambaataa, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Whodini, Kool Moe Dee, Schoolly D, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, NWA and others brought a sound that remains America's urban loudest voice in modern history.
Nowadays, rap and trap artists worldwide have America's ghettos to thank for their successful music careers. Paying homage to the original OGs of hip hop shouldn't be demanded. As Nas said it best, "It's not hard to tell."
Inside this volume, you'll find:
- The impact of hip hop's only godfather, Kurtis Blow
- Legacy of Afrika Bambaataa and Zulu Nation
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- Breakdancing and what it constitutes
- Kool Moe Dee - hip hop's earliest battle rapper
- The message behind 'The Message' by Whodini
- The Beastie Boys and breaking color strides in Hip Hop
- Run-DMC
- Def Jam and Russell Simmons
- LL Cool J
- The Fat Boys
- 'Self-Destruction' - the first hip hop collaboration to address violence in inner cities
- Timeline of 1980s and hip hop's greatest moments
- And much more
Discover how American hip hop rappers transformed urban words and expressions from infancy to a new culture, enjoyable for the entire world to hear.Â
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You'll uncover rare gems not found in other books on hip hop facts & myths.
Homage must be paid in full to those urban lyricists and Djs of the world's most cultural and social evolution!
