African hip hop

in ancient civilizations dancing would be used to perform different rituals. In today’s society the word twerk has taken over many platforms and has spreaded across the globe. Today we're going to be going over on how twerking has spreaded from hip hop to pop, and becoming one of the most controversial words in America. On August 25, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York the Video Music Awards were held. The next performer up was Miley Cyrus. As already making headlines for being…

Andy Mineo is such a breath of fresh air as some people have said due to his very well-exposed inclination to simultaneously infuse his deep-seated Christian values to his musical genre which is hip hop, hence, the Christian hip hop classification. Currently being a frequent mainstay on several American chart listing sites, Mineo's associated with musical outfit Reach is ceaselessly making quite a scene in introducing a different kind of music to the general populace. Born April 17, 1988, Andy…

What was the original purpose of Hip-hop music? The original purpose of Hip-hop music was to dance at get-togethers and other occasions like birthday parties or dances. It all first started on August 11,1973, DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party. He tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat to let people dance longer because he began to take notice that people got up on the part they like to dance on. Then he began…

ASAP Rocky is one of the biggest influence, if not the biggest influencein the Hip Hop industry. It if no secret ASAP Rocky is the kind of fashionwearing and posing for brands such as Dior and Salvatore Ferragamo.Wearing brands such as Rick Owens, Raf Simons, Maison MartinMargiela, and many more.First ASAP Rocky posed for Dior at Paris Fashion Week. This is not thefirst time Rocky has linked up with Dior they did a fall campaign back infall of 2016. Dior names ASAP Rocky as one of its new faces,…

Jennifer Lopez impressed many people with her opening number at the American Music Awards. Her ex- boyfriend Sean 'Diddy' even gave her a shout out for her killer moves. But it seems Nicki Minaj was not one of the people who were blown away by her performance. On Sunday, the 46 year old Jennifer Lopez opened the prestigious event with her fierce dance tribute. She rocked the stage with a set of mix soundtracks that are notably the hottest songs of the year. But when she started popping on Nicki…

Facts About Hip Hop Dance Hip hop dance has a huge impact on clothing dance and graphic design.(WordPress."HistoryFacts." Hip-Hop History. Word Press, 19 June 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.)the beginning of hip hop did not start with dmc or LL Cool J it started with Kool Herc of Africa who was the first to put words to music. ("Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music." Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music. Learnhowtorap. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.)"Rap was created to reduce all the negativity such as gang…

The famous song by Drake, a Canadian rapper, “Started from the Bottom” talks tremendously about the social mobility that occurred in his personal life. The most reoccurring lyric in this song, “Started from the bottom, now we’re here”, does a great job in summing up what exactly social mobility is. Social mobility is the ability to move of the social class you were born into, depending on the class that your parents are in, to another higher class. Usually, people tend to say “Started from the…

are Aaliyah because she has a unique voice and Tupac (2Pac) because his music was about his experiences in life. You may not know it but Aaliyah and Tupac have a lot in common. For instance they were both born in New York, they were both actors, hip hop artists and they both were married, and they both died at a young age. Both of their albums sold over millions of copies. When I watched their interviews, their friends…

Hip-hop which had emerged in the midst of scant material, dwindling income, and education started to shift and transition around the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Due to an up rise of commercialization, this transition had become referred to as a “slow death” for hip-hop. Throughout chapters 6-8 in Jeff Chang’s Can’t Stop Won’t Stop the commercialization of hip-hop is explored, where hip-hop is a form of art but that which now is being depleted and replaced with making money. While early hip-hop…

The Groups’s second official album “Straight Outta Compton” (1988) sold even more than 2 million copies and it was marked the arrival of a new genre. He was breaking out his own and brand new record label. Andre hit the top of the hip-hop charts with The Chronic on Death Row Records in the year 1992. The BIGGEST single from his album was featuring Snoop Dogg and it was called “Nutin but a’G’ Thang.” With Andre’s latest release Andre helped introduce G-Funk, which incorporated musical samples…