This form of Visual Art is an important part of Hip-Hop culture.
What is graffiti?
200
This american rap group was the first group to make a hip-hop single that was in the Top 40 charts with their song "Rapper's Delight."
Who was Sugarhill Gang?
200
This is the city where hip-hop was born.
What is New York?
200
In 1996, this hip-hop artist was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Who was 2pac?
200
Rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds.
What is chanting (rapping)?
400
This is the true source of originality in rap music.
What are the lyrics?
400
This white rapper wrote a song that borrowed a very famous music motif composed by Queen in their song "Under Pressure."
Who is Vanilla Ice?
400
This is the year when rap music officially started.
What is 1979?
400
Run-DMC performed the song "Walk This Way" with this famous rock band.
What is Aerosmith?
400
Style of street dance that originated among African American and Latino American youths in New York City during the early 1970s
What is Breakdance or B-boying?
400
A cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying (turntable manipulation), graffiti painting, and break dancing.
What is Hip-Hop?
400
American hip hop group from Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell.
In 2007, the group was named "The Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time" by MTV.com.
What is Run-DMC?
400
During the Hip-Hop revolution the graffiti artists used to make their drownings on "moving targets".
What were transit trains?
400
Sean John Combs performs under this stage name.
Who is Puff Daddy?
400
Technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while optionally manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer
What is scratching?
600
Hip-hop has a very strong and distinctive beat that usually takes over the drum part.
What is the bass line?
600
This Hip Hop artist calls himself Slim Shady.
Who is Eminem?
600
These DJs had a great influence on the creation of Rap music. They lived in NY but came from a country in South America.
Who were Jamaican DJs?
600
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube were part of this hip-hop group funded in 1986.
What is N.W.A?
600
The act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.
What is sampling?
1000
Rap uses this a unique technique of rhythmically speaking the words.
What is chanting/rapping?
1000
American rapper and record producer. "The Breaks", a single from his 1980 debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. He also wrote Christmas Rapping.
Who is Kurtis Blow?
1000
This was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. The song was performed by Grandmaster Flash.
What is "The Message"?
1000
This artist illustrates interest in buying cheap clothing ("99 cents") from thrift shops, disdaining designer labels and trends.
Who is Macklemore?
1000
Technique of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer