Hip Hop History
Pillars
BLT
MCs
Religion
100

Hip hop was founded in this borough of NYC.

What is the Bronx?

100

This pillar was set on the world stage as it was held in the Paris Olympics this past year

What is break dancing?

100

In BLT, God is on the side of these people.

Who are the oppressed/Black people/Israelites

100

This artist has always lived by the mantra "Get Rich or Die Tryin" and we witness this in his authoritative book and slew of TV shows

Who is 50 cent?

100

According to Monica Miller, Religion should be thought of as THIS construct, like race and gender

What is a social construct?

200

It was this decade that hip hop was founded

What is the 70s?

200

This person is the person responsible for making the beats

Who is the DJ?

200

The condition by which this originates is what

What is suffering?

200

This artist left his group NWA's "reality rap" and aligned himself with the NOI in his first solo album. Now he is the CEO for the Big 3 Basketball league

Who is Ice Cube?

200

The five percent nation was founded by this man

Who is Clarence 13X?

300

The « holy trinity of Hip Hop » included this guy who created the pillars of hip hop and used it as a mentoring organization called the Zulu Nation

Who is Afrika Bambaata?

300

This person is responsible for rhyming words to the beat

Who is the MC?

300

This person coined the term BLT

Who is James Hal Cone?

300

This MC, wrestles with nihilism in their song Ultralight Beam

Who is Kanye/Yeezy?

300

What religion is separatists, founded by WD Fard Muhammad?

What is the Nation of Islam?

400

This DJ with Jamaican heritage was known for throwing house parties with his sister on Sedgwick ave.

Who is DJ Kool Herc?


400

Not Like Us serves as THIS for Kendrick Lamar’s summer hit

What is the message?

400
This is God’s main role/function in BLT

What is liberation/justice?

400

This person collaborates with MCs like Kendrick, Drake.. and whose name means Sovereign, Zig Zag Zig, Allah.

Who is SZA?

400

Religion has many functions. Name TWO

What is order, meaning, ritual, community?…

500
This DJ founded the wafer, that allowed the album to glide on the record player allowing for scratching and moving the record. This person also used the crayon to mark their spot

Who is Grandmaster Flash?

500

This art can be seen on trains and buildings around the city

What is grafitti?

500

Jesus is not phenotypically Black, he is THIS kind of Black.

What is ontological?

500

This artist changed from a rapper to a Neo Soul artists who sings much of the 5% Supreme Mathematics and Alphabet like that in her hit song On and On

Who is Erykah Badu?

500

Gen 9:22 was used as a rationale for slavery in America. It is referred to as THIS.

What is the curse of Ham?