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Early Rap “Old School”. RAP history can be traced back to ‘TOASTING’ in Jamaica (talking over reggae records) and before that to the poetry of ‘GRIOTS’

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1 Early Rap “Old School”

2 RAP history can be traced back to ‘TOASTING’ in Jamaica (talking over reggae records) and before that to the poetry of ‘GRIOTS’ (musicians-storytellers) in Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJvAuPD m0i8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJvAuPD m0i8

3 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed and headed by hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. Originally known simply as the Organization, it arose in the 1970s as reformed New York City gang members began to organize cultural events for youths, combining local dance and music movements into what would become known as the various elements of hip hop culture.hip hop culture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDCYjb8RHk

4 Zulu Nation: Early rap included 5 elements into the hip-hop culture MC'ing ( "Rapping" - rap) DJ'ing Graffiti (Writing) Dancing (Breaking, Up-Rocking, Popping, Locking) Knowledges. Bambaataa used this term to signify that there is a lack of knowledge about hip-hop culture.

5 Block Party In New York City, Early artists of the form, including DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, the Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Jam Master Jay, and Run- D.M.C.,DJ Kool Herc Grandmaster FlashAfrika Bambaataathe Sugarhill GangKurtis BlowJam Master JayRun- D.M.C.

6 Grandmaster Flash Creation of the term hip hop is often credited to rapper Keith Cowboy, after a discharge with the army, imitated the marching style with the repeated words, “Hip, Hop, Hip, Hop...” Rapped with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMELzwBt-g

7 DJ Hollywood Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap—because it was spoken over disco records. How did these work out together and why?

8 Sugarhill Gang the Sugarhill Gang on Soul Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUnyv5XUA8 Wonder Mike (Michael Wright) Big Bank Hank (S. Robinson) Master Gee (G. O’Brien) Herb Jackson They assembled into a group by producer Sylvia Robinson who also founded Sugar Hill Records on Broadway, NYSugar Hill Records

9 DJ Kool Herc devises the term “B-Boy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4af1Knv-Q Soon Kool Herc for the convenience of the dancers began to repeat the instrumental breaks between verses, during which the dancers came out to the dance-floor and showed their skills. Kool Herc marked the enthusiasm of the dancers for such breaks, and named the term "B-Boy", "Break boys" - for those who are moving in the manner of breaks, and the dance was called breakdancing style (breaking)."

10 Kurtis Blow— the first stand alone rapper? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw Started as Kool DJ Kurt buy changed name to Kurtis Blow and, along with Rush’s promotion, began selling himself as “the #1 rapper in Queens.” With the success of “Christmas Rappin” and collaboration with Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” he was the first rapper to be signed to a major label (Mercury).

11 Run DMC In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine penned the trio No. 48 on its list of greatest musical artists of all time. In 2007, mtv.com selected Run- DMC the Greatest Hip-Hop Group of All Time. Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell Sucker MC’s marks the group as first “new school” rappers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMIsIQPoE4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMIsIQPoE4

12 Jam Master Jay Murdered in a Queens recording studio in 2002. Possibly because he defied an industry blacklist of rapper 50 Cent that was imposed because of "Ghetto Qu'ran ", a song 50 Cent wrote about “Supreme” McGriff's drug history. Surrounded by violence his whole life. Also known as a producer and record label owner, “Jam Master Jay records”

13 Chuck D. and Public Enemy He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy Def Jam record’s Rick Rubin promoted them early on and through this became the voice of New School rap with its radical message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3AVjfhvqo 1988 “It takes a nation of millions to hold us back” Mp3 technology, litigation against UMG, NOI

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