Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on ... - Associated Press News
Aug 9, 2023 · In interviews with more than two dozen hip-hop legends, Queen Latifah Chuck D, Method Man, E-40 and eight others cited The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” as the first rap song they heard. But not all were hooked on the new musical style by that track, and their answers reveal the sense of discovery that marked rap’s early years.
50 years of hip-hop: Stars talk about how first rap song resonated …
Aug 7, 2023 · While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists — including Killer Mike, JT of City Girls, King Combs and Fat Joe — to recall their first memory of hearing a rap song and how it resonated with them.
Hip-hop tracks that changed the world - BBC
Oct 12, 2023 · As the world reflects on the cultural significance of hip-hop in the year of its 50th anniversary, the power of its origins are more significant than ever. Chuck D has famously stated that "rap...
E-40, Too Short, Chuck D and More Rap Legends on Their Early Hip ... - KQED
Aug 8, 2023 · In interviews with more than two dozen hip-hop legends, Queen Latifah, Chuck D, Method Man, E-40 and eight others cited The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” as the first rap song they heard.
Hip-hop at 50: How beats and bars spread from the Bronx to the world - BBC
Aug 10, 2023 · On this day in 1973, at a party in an apartment in the Bronx, New York, hip-hop was born. Using two turntables and a microphone, Jamaican-born funk and soul DJ Kool Herc mixed two records...
Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along …
Aug 10, 2023 · In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New York City, it has spread around the country and the world. And at each step there’s been change and adaptation, as new, different voices came in and made it their own.
The Birth of Rap: A Look Back : World Cafe - NPR
Feb 22, 2007 · World Cafe celebrates Black History Month with a special on the birth of rap, in which rapper Kurtis Blow, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, and museum curator Jim Fricke help host David Dye explore the...
Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary: 50 Rappers Share Their Stories - The …
Jul 18, 2023 · Over five decades, hip-hop has grown from a new art form to a culture-defining superpower. In their own words, 50 influential voices chronicle its evolution. This isn’t a ranked list, or a...
50 years of hip-hop: In their own words - AP NEWS
Hip-hop is a music genre that keeps reinventing itself over its first 50 years. The AP asked more than two dozen artists to tell us what was the first rap song that resonated with them. From Chuck D to Queen Latifah to Fat Joe and more here's the songs they chose.
How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
Aug 11, 2023 · The modern sociopolitical application of “woke” was repopularized by the Black Lives Matter movement and the reprise of both protest music and conscious rap that followed in the early 2010s.