Show:
A New Genre
Hip Hop Pioneers
Elements
1980s
1990s
100
The Bronx, in New York City.
Where did Hip Hop originate?
100
The father of Hip-Hop.
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
100
DJing, MCing, Breakdancing, Graffiti.
What are the four elements of Hip-Hop?
100
The art of saying rhymes to the beat of music.
What is rapping?
100
A type of rap that describes life in inner-city neighborhoods.
What is gangsta rap?
200
DJ Kool Herc, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party, and tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat (breaking or scratching) to let people dance longer (break dancing).
What happened on August 11, 1979?
200
Reformed gang member whose life-changing trip to Africa resulted in his name change and efforts to transform the South Bronx Community
Who is Afrika Bambaata?
200
The art of spinning records at a dance party, picking out songs in a crowd-pleasing sequence. Also the art of touching and moving records with your hands.
What is DJing?
200
A hip-hop awareness group that organized cultural events for youth. The group was an alternative to gang activity for many young people.
What is Zulu Nation?
200
A group of deprived kids managed to create an entire culture and art-form with the limited resources they had.
What is a powerful example of human creativity?
300
This construction isolated the South Bronx from the rest of New York, thus creating a scenery of poverty.
What is the Cross Bronx Expressway?
300
The accidental inventor of the "scratch".
Who is DJ Grand Wizard Theodore?
300
A style of dancing that includes gymnastic moves, head spins, and backspins.
What is breakdancing?
300
The first popular commercial rap recording
What is Rapper's Delight?
300
A Caucasian rapper from Detroit, Michigan.
Who is Eminem?
400
An alternative to gang violence.
What are Hip Hop Parties?
400
Visual art, an expression of youth culture and rebellion in public spaces.
What is Graffiti?
400
The first rap specific TV show.
What is Yo! MTV Raps?
400
Television, the internet, FM radio, newscasts.
What is the media?
500
James Brown, "Funky Drummer".
What is the most widely used beat in hip-hop?
500
Young people who were into dancing to the breaks at Bronx parties.
Who are B-Boys and B-Girls?
500
Master of Ceremonies that originally hosted parties and introduced tracks to the dancing audience.
What is an MC?
500
The decade when the hip-hop scene expanded and entered the mainstream in the U.S.
What is the 1980s?
500
An entire culture, originating in the Bronx of New York City, that includes music, the way you dress and speak.
What is hip-hop?