Subgenres
The first subgenre or rap lead with pioneers including DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and the Sugarhill Gang.
What is Old Skool Rap?
Maker of Beats headphones.
Who is Dr. Dre?
The decade that rap music "started"
What are the 1970s?
The two main features of all rap.
What are beats and rhymes?
This TV network helped with making rap mainstream
What is MTV?
This subgenre of rap is considered to be responsible for making rap mainstream.
What is the Golden Age of Rap?
The Notorious B.I.G. is another name for this rapper.
The decade when rap became popular.
What is the 1980s?
Literary form used in rap.
What is poetry?
A musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.
What is rap?
Invented in Chicago in the 2010's, it became famous thanks to Chief Keef and Pop Smoke
What is Drill?
He's famous for "Dear Mama" and "All Eyes on Me"
Who is Tupac?
The record label that made rap mainstream in the early 1990s.
What is the Death Row Records label?
This aspect of rap music makes rap unique in comparison to its pre-recorded background music
What are lyrics?
Rap music can also be considered this genre.
What is pop music?
"Hardcore" Rap.
What is West Coast/Gangsta Rap?
Initially famous for starring as Jimmy Brooks on TV the show, Degrassi.
Who is Drake?
He was known to be the inventor of Rap
Who's DJ Kool Herc?
Sampling and Looping replaced this.
What is DJ scratching and mixing?
City that rap first became popular.
South Bronx, NY
A very famous subgenre of rap in the UK (think about Central Cee)
What is Trap?
She is known for fast flow, alter egos, pink and using accents.
Who is Nicki Minaj?
We can trace rap's history back to these two cultures.
What are West African and Caribbean Island cultures?
The first name people gave to we call 'rappers' now.
What is a MC ?
The 4 elements of hip hop culture.
What are breakdancing, graffiti, turntablism, and rapping?