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    Dj Clash Research Paper

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    Born‚ Darren Jakasal aka DJ Clash out of Long Island City‚ Queens. Queensbridge was one of the projects that produced an abundant amount of talent in the Hip Hop culture. Growing up listening to 92.3 WKTU with Shep Pettibone and the Latin Rascals‚ and Inner City Broadcasting 107.5 WBLS’ own Mr. Magic and DJ Marley Marl. They inspired DJ Clash to become well connected to the early Hip Hop and R&B style of music. The summer of 1984 brought DJ Clash to a place called The River Park which is a site

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    down. It is described so much as an art form because of the many forms of creativity it can be expressed through. The elements it presents are DJ and emceeing. The culture then expanded to include street dance and graffiti art. Block parties became popular in New York City‚ particularly among the Black youth residing in the Bronx. Clive Campbell also known as DJ

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    Hip Hop Subculture

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    Since the simple rap parties in the late 1970’s by hip-hop’s first DJDJ Kool Herc. The outbreak of hip hop has taken today’s generation by a storm. Rap music began among the youth of South Bronx‚ New York in the mid 1970’s‚ key individuals such as DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were main editions to the birth of hip hop. Performances at night clubs and promotion of the rap music made rap quickly gain popularity through the end of the 1970’s. Later being picked up and altered by today’s MC’s

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    The Hip-Hop Movement

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    “This movement started to expose people to new music but ended up becoming a multi-billion dollar industry” according to DMC of Run- D.M.C. (Jalal 1). The Hip-Hop movement started in 1973 by 3 men your parents probably know about. It started to expose people to other types of music. The Hip-Hop Movement will discuss‚ the people who started the Hip-Hop movement and whom is affected‚ the purpose of the movement and what it hopes to achieve. First off‚ it was started in 1973 by Grandmaster Flash‚ Afrika

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    The Hip Hop Movement

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    fella‚ and Young money. But the biggest movement is when Hip Hop all started. When Hip-Hop first came out‚ it helped all the African American unified with one another and even Puerto Ricans. To begin with‚ Kool Herc created Hip Hop on 1973 in 1520 Sedgwick Avenue‚ Bronx New York. He threw and DJ a party for his sister‚ which became first time people‚ heard hip-hop. The way he did it is that he will take records and only play the break of a song continuously. A break

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    Essay On Hip Hop

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    of hip-hop were bound together by the shared environment in which these art forms evolved. In the pioneering years‚ Jamaican born‚ DJ-Clive‚ Kool Herc was very well known. He introduced huge sound systems to his parties Using two turntables‚ he melded percussive fragments from older records with popular dance songs to create a continuous flow of music. Kool Herc and

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    Dan Jackson March 10‚ 2010 Research Paper Mrs. Paventi Rap Music and its effects on inner city life Rap Music was created in the early 1970s in the Bronx‚ New York. “DJ Kool Herc originally created this style of music” (Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia). It was created as a way for people living in poverty in the inner cities to be heard. People outside of the cities didn’t take it very seriously until rappers such as Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. used well-written rhymes and nice

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    Hip-Hop is more than meets the eye. It’s more than a genre of music. It is a lifestyle & culture that helped pave way for generations of youth to express themselves. Hip-Hop originated back in the 1970’s in the Bronx‚ New York. It has spread worldwide which was unimaginable almost 50 years ago. It has gone through many shifts throughout those years‚ but one thing that has remained constant & somewhat forgotten are the four elements of Hip-Hop(five to some) which are: Graffiti‚ emceeing‚ djing & b-boying

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    Let take you to a tropical paradise where you’re dancing on a white sand beach while drinking fruity alcoholic beverages with your friends; this is what the summer song “one dance” by drake portrayed. Drake the artist of one dance is a very prevalent figure in the rap industry who is known for coming out chart topping hits. He was first signed to Young Money record who was lead by lil Wayne another prevalent rapper in the music industry and had another artist like nikki manji . Drake has broke off

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    How Is Rupaul Successful

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    RuPaul Charles RuPaul Andre Charles rose to become one of the most famous American actor‚ author‚ recording artist‚ and model in the 1990s‚ and was best known as mononymously as RuPaul. As a person who appeared regularly in different variety of television programs‚ musical albums‚ and films‚ being famous could just be described as the reward for hardworking. Born in San Diego‚ California on November 17‚ 1960‚ RuPaul was named by his mother‚ who was a native of Louisiana. The prefix “Ru” was adopted

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