Which of these facts about hip-hop, blew your mind?
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s.
It Has A Birthday: August 11, 1973
The credit of introducing Hip-hop goes to Clive Campbell, aka Hercules, aka DJ Kool Herc.
It existed long before rap music or even rapping.
“Rapper’s Delight” Was Not The First Rap Recording.
The First Hit Single To Feature Rap Was By A Rock Band.
The growth of hip-hop became exponential after 1977, and the New York Blackout is almost certainly the reason why.
DJs Used To Be The Stars, Not Rappers (And Dancers Were Secondary)
Its Formative Recordings Aren’t Rap Songs
Lil Baby and Gunna