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Hip-Hop Defined:

Hip-hop is a form of popular music that’s comprised mainly of mc'ing (rapping) and dj'ing. The other two components that complete the four elements of hip-hop are graffiti and breakdancing. As hip-hop evolved into big business, the four elements (mc'ing, dj'ing, graffiti, and breakdancing) are constantly being merged with others like clothing, language, and mind set in general.
Hip-Hop Vs. Rap:

Rap is the form of music that stemmed from the hip-hop culture. Hip hop is a lifestyle with its own lingo, dress code, etc. In the words of KRS-One, “hip-hop is something you live, rap is something you do.”
Hip-Hop Started in the Bronx:

A product of cross-cultural integration, rap is deeply rooted within ancient African culture and oral tradition. Hip-hop is believed to have originated in the Bronx by a Jamaican DJ named Kool Herc. Herc’s style of dj'ing involved reciting rhymes over instrumentals. At house parties, Herc would rap with the microphone, using a myriad of in-house references. Documented duplicates of Herc's house parties soon drifted through Brooklyn, Manhattan, etc spreading hip-hop and spawning new artists.
The First Rap/Hip-hop Songs:

The first rap recordings were “King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by Fatback Band and “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. The latter reached the #36 spot on the Billboard charts (a huge feat by 1970's standards), demonstrating the ability of hip-hop to draw commercial appeal.
Hip-hop As a Melting Pot:

Hip-hop as a musical melting pot is still evolving. It has become more eclectic, borrowing from soul, jazz and live instrumentations with the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and most recently Kanye West championing the ‘soulful rap’ movement.


Online: To hear examples of Alex Kajitani's mathematical raps go ...
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 10 hours ago
ESCONDIDO – A middle school teacher, who uses self-composed rap songs to motivate his math students, has been chosen to represent the state in the National ...
Escondido's Rappin' Mathematician CA's Teacher of the Year San Diego 6
The Rappin' Mathematician might be headed to the White House Los Angeles Times
ESCONDIDO: Educator named state Teacher of the Year North County Times - Californian
Los Angeles Times - San Diego Union Tribune
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ATL Rapper Shoots Man, Then Raps About It
BallerStatus.com, CA - 1 hour ago
An Atlanta man, who shot a man twice then wrote a rap about the crime and naming the victim, has been sentenced to prison time after his victim revealed the ...
Rapper Raps Himself Directly into Prison ShortNews.com
Rap Song Describing Shooting Gets Man 20 Years Sixshot.com
Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song The Associated Press
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House body might vote on impeach rap Wed
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 19 minutes ago
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez MANILA, Philippines—The House justice committee could decide on the substance of the impeachment complaint against President ...


Rap-Rock, So ’90s
San Diego Reader, CA - 14 hours ago
... against playing the band’s latest record. “It didn’t sound like 2008; it sounded like late-’90s rap-rock, and I don’t think that [sound] matters now.”
POD Not Breaking Up antiMUSIC.com
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3OH!3 to bring the (T-) Pain in 2009?
Los Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours ago
The Colorado-based rap duo, prone to dropping sub-par rhymes verging on a "Saturday Night Live" parody skit (see "Your girl's a freak/cos that's what I told ...


Jemani's 'Segregation' integrates rock with hot rap
Augusta Chronicle, GA - 4 hours ago
Pretenders such as Limp Bizkit diluted the legitimacy of rock/rap crossovers long ago, and while this is an excellent example of the form, my fear is that ...


Rap artist Common surprises local students
WRDW-TV, GA - 11 hours ago
Augusta, GA---He grew up on the streets of south-side Chicago, and so he spent the day on Augusta's south-side. He focused on the children. ...
Rapper shares keys to success with pupils Augusta Chronicle
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guardian.co.uk

Maradona in Butch rap
The Sun, UK - 9 hours ago
Argentina’s boss started his new career with a 1-0 win in Scotland and then asked: “Who is Butcher? I’m asking you, who is he? ...
Diego Maradona set to relive Scotland memories in Glasgow Telegraph.co.uk
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Rap-Up.com

Rap-Up TV: Holiday Cooking with Teairra Mari
Rap-Up.com, CA - 23 hours ago
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Teairra Mari was kind enough to invite Rap-Up TV into her kitchen to prepare a festive holiday meal. ...
Quote of the Day: Taylor Swift Rap-Up.com
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Three avatars of rap music's latest subgenre, Nerdcore, will ...
Monterey County Herald, CA - 1 hour ago
The avatars of rap music's latest subgenre, Nerdcore, will stop through Monterey early Saturday evening when the three aforementioned MCs perform at ...

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