DJ Kool Herc

The debate on race has been a complex topic raising many conflicts for many years, for it differentiates the views of society on human beings. For decades, there have been a great number of researches on race, where anthropologists and geneticists have proven that there are no differences between what society calls ‘races’. There is one race; it is the human race. We all possess the same physical attributes that make us humans: a body with limbs, eyes, nose, ears, etc.…. As a way to group and…

Many say that it was a young African-American DJ known as Kool-Herc who created Hip Hop and he birthed the art at his younger sister’s halloween party (Blanchard, 2). This may be true, but elements of Hip Hop has been prominent in African American culture since slavery. Some say that Hip Hop art form of rhyming…

Being the most popular and controversial genre & topic across the world, hip-hop sums up the problems in today’s society whether it’s dealing with teen rebellion, African-Americans interaction with police officers, poverty, or even injustice. Hip-Hop is the voice of the people in an assertive way, it has positive influences as well as some negatives. However the negative Influences of Gang Violence and The Encouraging of Unprincipled Behavior can be solved by Community leaders mentoring the…

often performed in basement parties (so hip hop started from the bottom then technically, right? Drake reference.), parks, community centers and streets (Blanchard). Herc used a turntable and played two songs at the same time (Blanchard). This made a hip hop like beat, which was then rhymed over. The rhyming began as a commentary for the DJ, they overlapped the beat and continued until the end of the song to introduce the next song. The words on the song emerged from storytelling traditions,…

's, Gangster Rap in the 90 's, to the mainstream Rap of today. Created in the 70’s, hip-hop is a culture that is most associated with music, but also encompasses, art, dancing and fashion. The history of hip hop started in New York. In the 70’s DJ Kool Herc started to use two turntables to switch between two songs. He would speak over a syncopated beat that was great for break-dancing (Jackson, and Anderson, 2009). In those days hip-hop was more than just music it was break-dancing, beat boxing,…

cultural, political, and depictions of economic struggles that’s delivered through music and touches the soul. Hip hop first started in New York around 1970, just south of the Bronx when drugs, poverty and violence was hitting hard. A DJ by the name of Kool Herc began mixing records starting…

Rap is becoming an increasingly popular genre of music specially with today’s youth as it is somehow considered a part of the youth culture. Today, it is featured increasingly among popular advertisements, radio and even on television shows. Rap is genre wherein you can express challenges and experiences in life in a form of a story. Although that is sometimes the case, rude and inappropriate themes are also expressed in rap. The question that I will be answering in this essay is How has the…

Steve Stoute, a music executive and entrepreneur best displays what the hip-hop movement is about when he said “Hip hop culture has done more for race relations in American than anything since Martin Luther King. And I really believe that.” In the state of New York, it was rough for the youth growing up during the 1970s who were residents of the working-class areas and the housing projects. There was high crime rate and the gang mentality was at its peak. Much of the youth growing up in these…

During the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, a shocking speech was given by a famous rapper. Leaning toward the end of the speech, Kanye West stated, “And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president” (Zaru). His speech is absolutely eye-opening to the audience, as Kanye would be the last person they would think that would run for president. Kanye West is into hip hop, not politics. Uniquely, the dramatic shift in hip hop will be beyond…

Misogynoir and its Effects in Social Media Misogyny has been around for centuries, going back as far as ancient Greece. Aristotle regarded women as “non-equals” and as “incomplete, deformed males” (Ganesh). Women have been struggling with being objectified throughout the years and this persists in the present. Misogyny is defined as “the hatred of women”. Misogynoir is a term meaning “anti-black misogyny” (Jackson) which was coined by Black Feminist Scholar Moya Bailey. This sexist outlook has…