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Rap Haters Love Hip-Hop

By Dahlia Urns

MTV is runnin’ this rap shit, Viacom is runnin’ this rap shit, AOL and Time Warner runnin’ this rap shit

-Mos Def The Rape Over

Hip-hop began its journey as a by-product of struggle answering the call for some revival of awareness within the African American community. Birthed out of the ghetto basements of young Black America its roots embedded (more…)

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The origin of rap started sometime in the mid 1970’s in communities thriving with people of African American and Hispanic descent who were music performers in New York city. During the foundation of rap, this genre of music was associated with a nimble style of dancing that is known today as break dancing. The term rap was derived from a slang word for conversation during the 1960s.

It generally consisted of song, usually spont (more…)

Rap music worked its way to mainstream music around the late 70s to the early 80s. Those who study history would trace rap musics roots way back in American history when Griots or West African folk poets used to deliver their stories in a rhythmic tone accompanied by drums and other sparse instrumentation. Today, the art of rapping has evolved into something that spans cultural and lifestyle dimensions.

Folk roots meet Jamaican- (more…)

OBOAMA’S LIES

 Stop the Cap & Trade vote – NOW in the U.S. Senate. CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW.

The 1,500-page cap-and-trade climate legislation, also known as Waxman-Markey, passed by a narrow margin late in the day on June 26. Members of Congress added 300 of those pages early in the morning on the day of the vote. It is safe to assume that hardly any of th (more…)

OBOAMA’S LIES

 Stop the Cap & Trade vote – NOW in the U.S. Senate. CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW.

The 1,500-page cap-and-trade climate legislation, also known as Waxman-Markey, passed by a narrow margin late in the day on June 26. Members of Congress added 300 of those pages early in the morning on the day of the vote. It is safe to assume that hardly any of th (more…)

OBOAMA’S LIES

 Stop the Cap & Trade vote – NOW in the U.S. Senate. CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW.

The 1,500-page cap-and-trade climate legislation, also known as Waxman-Markey, passed by a narrow margin late in the day on June 26. Members of Congress added 300 of those pages early in the morning on the day of the vote. It is safe to assume that hardly any of th (more…)

The Game (Feat. Chris Brown, Diddy, Boys 2 Men, Polow Da Don & Mario Winans) – Better On The Other Side