2006-09-27 11:32:17 · 26 answers · asked by horseygirl 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I need to know some information on rap and rap artists because I am doing a report. Please Help me!
2006-09-27 11:34:25 · update #1
Rap really originated from the grafitti movement...and before MC'ing, there were DJ's...and at that period, MC's promoted the DJ's, but over the years, they have gotten creative with the technique of rhyming...
The 1st rapper really was DJ Kool Herc... He's the founder of rap...Afrika Bambataa is "The Godfather Of Hip-Hop" because he was one of the 1st gangsta rappers, and the 1st to tour overseas, and they asked him what the music was and he said "that's Hip-Hop"...Sugar Hill Gang had the 1st big rap single "Rapper's Delight"...Grand Master Flash, and Grand Wizard Theodore were the 1st pioneering DJ's...and Grand Wizard Theodore invented the technique of straching(from his bedroom)... Kurtis Blow was the 1st rapper to get a major record contract with Mercury Records... RUN DMC was the 1st rap group to have #1 single, videos played on TV, etc... "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five featuring Melle Mel was one of the 1st conscious rap records... Will Smith was 1st rapper to ever win a Grammy... The Source, is the 1st Hip-Hop magazine... Nas's "Illmatic" was the album to get the coveted 5 mic rating ever published in The Source... Def Jam Records was originally a college project for Rick Rubin(the real founder)...
2006-09-27 12:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by misskaren2002_20032000 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As the first commercially successful rap artist, Kurtis Blow is a towering figure in hip-hop history. His popularity and charisma helped prove that rap music was something more than a flash-in-the-pan novelty, paving the way for the even greater advances of Grandmaster Flash and Run-D.M.C. Blow was the first rapper to sign with (and release an album for) a major label; the first to have a single certified gold (1980's landmark "The Breaks"); the first to embark on a national (and international) concert tour; and the first to cement rap's mainstream marketability by signing an endorsement deal. For that matter, he was really the first significant solo rapper on record, and as such he was a natural focal point for many aspiring young MCs in the early days of hip-hop.
2006-09-27 11:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by peg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats not an easy question to answer without writing an essay. rap and hip hop are two different things. rapping is just the MC element, while hip hop is more of a culture (DJ, MC, graffiti, breakdancing). hip hop all started in the mid 70s and emerged in the 80s. it evolved from some form of disco i believe. djs grandwizard theodore and grandmaster flash invented the scratch and started scratching to songs called breakbeats. soon after mcs started rapping over this and hip hop was formed. i think the first commercial hip hop group was sugarhill gang with rappers delight in 1979, and there was another group that released a rap song in 79 but i forget who. Blondie was in 1980.
also... herbie hancocks 'rockit' was the first mainstream single with scratching, in 83.
2006-09-27 11:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by doctor octagon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 04:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by shortridge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first rap song I remember was the Suger Hill Gang, Rappers Delight,, But im suure it was George Clinton
2006-09-27 11:35:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Dylan. The first rap was Subterranean Homesick Blues
2006-09-27 11:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm thinking the Sugar Hill Gang. Remember "Rapper's Delight"?
2006-09-27 11:35:13 · answer #7 · answered by robee 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sugar Hill Gang I believe. And some other dudes that no one remembers. They had a feud going on about who the 1st really was.
2006-09-27 11:35:17 · answer #8 · answered by Rumncoke916 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandmaster Flash
2006-09-27 11:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by tracy82_99 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Charlie Daniels.
"The Devil Went Down To Georgia, he was lookin for a soul to steal,
He was in a bind cause he was way behind,
he was willin to make a deal..."
(and the young'uns think they cornered the market, lol)
:-)
2006-09-27 11:41:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋