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Katrina Taylor, The Baddest Chick
Intro When the hip-hop/ rap era boomed in the 90’s your average rough, young, black man from the hood with a story to tell was
Clive Campbell
Childhood and Early Life DJ Kool Herc, originally known as Clive Campbell, is the eldest of six children. He was born on April 16, 1955.
Hip Hop: The Get Down
What is Hip-Hop? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xT4af_-8Ho  Hip-hop originated in South Bronx New York City which is a predominantly African-American area in the 1970s. Hip pop also
T-T-T-TECHNO
T-T-T-TECHNO! In the 1980s a new genre emerged in Detroit called techno. Techno is a very fast pace electronic and futuristic sound with a dance
Derrick May- An Original Creator of Techno
When the rise of techno music began to happen, there were three important people associated with the increase of popularity. These people included Juan Atkins,
The Misogynistic Culture of Hip Hop
During the rise of rap/hip-hop in the 1980s and 90s, there was extremely explicit sexual content in the lyrics as well as the music videos
A Comparison of Mahalia Jackson and Marvin Sapp
Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson was a prevalent gospel artist between the late 1920s and 1960s. Her music style of gospel music had an element of
Race Music to R&B- A Look at the Evolution of Rhythm and Blues
During the 1940s, the term R&B was coined after World War II (Henry, 2018). Although the music genre itself was not new in the culture,
Blues with some Rhythm!
Can’t Escape the Rhythm & the Blues R&B is an abbreviation for Rhythm & Blues. It is blues-influenced genre name was originally created for use
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