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This group released the first popular hip hop record that was originally 14 minutes long.
Who is the Sugarhill Gang?
The first turntablist.
Who is Grandmaster Flash?
Research: The first hip hop artist to appear on national television.
Who is Kurtis Blow?
Lyrics: Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge. I'm trying not to lose my head.
What is The Message by Grandmaster Flash?
Research: The year the first hip hop Grammy was awarded.
What is 1989?
The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines.
What is a rhyme scheme?
The sound a record makes when you move it back and forth.
What is the scratch?
They were the first hip hop artists to have a gold album.
Who is Run DMC?
Lyrics:
Brakes on a bus, brakes on a car
Breaks to make you a superstar
Breaks to win and breaks to lose
But these here breaks will rock your shoes
And these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
What is The Breaks by Kurtis Blow?
Research: This female singer/rapper made history at the 41st Grammy Awards when she was the first hip-hop artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
A group of lines that form a verse.
What is a stanza?
This DJ "invented" the scratch by accident when he was playing music loudly and his mom came in to tell him to turn it down.
Who is GrandWizzard Theodore?
What is Wild Style?
Lyrics: I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
What is Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J?
Research: This record breaking hip hop artist is worth 135 million dollars and was born as Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr.
Who is Snoop Dogg?
RESEARCH: This MC became the first hip hop artist to win a grammy.
Who is Will Smith? (The Fresh Prince)?
Research: This DJ was the DJ for the famous rap group Run DMC.
Who is Jam Master Jay?
The Godfather of Hip Hop.
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
Lyrics: It takes two to make a thing go right
It takes two to make it outta sight
It takes two to make a thing go right
It takes two to make it outta sight
What is It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock?
Research: This was the first U.S. based Hip-Hop magaznine created.
What is Source Magazine?
Research: This female legend of hip hop is known for hits like Work It, Lose Control, and Pass that Dutch.
Who is Missy Elliot?
The instrumental part of a song.
What is the break?
The first DJ to use the needle drop method.
Who is GrandWizzard Theodore?
Lyrics: Now, what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red and the brown
The purple and yellow
What is Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang?
Research: Before pursuing his rap career, this rapper appeared on the Teen Nick show "Degrassi."
Who is Drake?