WHAT'S YOUR TOP 5?
He won the 2023-2024 Grammy for Best Song for his single "Not Like Us"
Kendrick Lamar
This wild style of art inspired classic hip-hop designs and aesthetics
Graffiti
MC Hammer made Graduation
MC Hammer(Kanye West)
The birthplace of Toronto sound
Toronto, Canada
First rap artists to win a Grammy
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
This artist has the two best-selling hip-hop albums of all time
Eminem
This 1960s cultural movement laid the foundations for hip-hop
Black Arts Movement
Hip-Hop emerged in 1970s Chicago
Chicago(New York)
The Caribbean country that invented sound systems
Jamaica
This year, Hip-Hop overtook Rock as the most listened to genre in the U.S.
2017
This duo is fundamental to the alternative rap genre, with their album Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below being 13x platinum certified
Outkast
What MC stands for
Master of ceremonies
Jay-Z has 25 Emmys
Emmys(Grammys)
Breakdancing takes some of its moves from this Afro-Brazilian martial art
Capoeira
The first gangsta rap album to go platinum and get a letter from the FBI
Straight Outta Compton
These two 90s rappers were both involved in the "East Coast vs West Coast" beef, with their deaths marking the end of the golden age of hip-hop
Biggie and Tupac
Scratching was accidentally discovered by this DJ in the mid-70s
Grand Wizzard Theodore
After the 90s, new censorship laws led to a decrease in sampling.
Censorship(Copyright)
In West Africa, griots use music and poetry to do this
Storytelling
The first-ever hip-hop single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100
Ice Ice Baby
These pioneers are known as the "Holy Trinity" of Hip-Hop(name any)
Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash
The "four elements" of Hip-Hop, as categorized by Afrika Bambaataa(name at least 2)
DJing, Breakdancing, Rapping, and Visual Art
The 2016 XXL Freshman Cypher features 21 Savage, Lil Yachty, Lil Pump, Denzel Curry, Kodak Black, Lil Dicky, Anderson .Paak, and Desiigner
Lil Pump(Lil Uzi Vert)
Cardi B's song "I Like It" samples the 1967 song "I Like It Like That" sung by this Puerto Rican artist
Pete Rodriguez
Rock and Roll