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Hip-hop at 50: how the sights, sounds and moves of the music spread across the world

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Herc’s party represented a coming together of music and the start of something new.

Key Points: 
  • Herc’s party represented a coming together of music and the start of something new.
  • The Bronx crowd did not want the dancehall sounds Herc had begun to play.
  • Over the next three years, a swathe of disco-oriented rap records followed, solidifying hip-hop culture through the medium of vinyl.

Hip-hop’s development

    • The six years between 1973 and 1979 are hugely significant to hip-hop’s development.
    • MCs and rappers, such as Coke La Rock, Grandmaster Caz and M.C.
    • While all of this thrived in the US, it was almost a decade until hip-hop culture reached other shores.
    • Hip-hop’s identity was transported globally, however, by the visuals in punk impressario Malcolm McLaren and World’s Famous Supreme Team’s Buffalo Gals music video.

Message making

    • Breaking was labelled passing fad that kids would grow out of, like yoyoing or jumping on pogo sticks.
    • Yet, here we are, rejoicing in a cultural movement which continues to develop.
    • Through the practices of the elements, hip-hop adopters learn new ways of making art.
    • These mainstream artists are cut from the same cloth as the more underground rappers like Roughneck Jihad and Worms Ali.
    • Cut through the noise with a carefully curated selection of the latest releases, live events and exhibitions, straight to your inbox every fortnight, on Fridays.

Hip-hop at 50 – how the sights, sounds and moves of the music spread across the world

Retrieved on: 
Friday, August 11, 2023
Native Tongues, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Left–right political spectrum, Music, Master of ceremonies, Trauma center, Public Enemy, Noise, Atmosphere, Racism, Culture, Teaching, Curriculum, The College Dropout, How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?, Public, Record, Duke Bootee, Instrument, Grandparent, Disc jockey, History, Back to School, Element, DJ Kool Herc, Sedgwick Avenue, King Tim III (Personality Jock), School, Sugar Hill, The Merry-Go-Round, Water, Coke La Rock, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Sound, Social consciousness, African Americans, Nightclub, Jewellery

Herc’s party represented a coming together of music and the start of something new.

Key Points: 
  • Herc’s party represented a coming together of music and the start of something new.
  • The Bronx crowd did not want the dancehall sounds Herc had begun to play.
  • Over the next three years, a swathe of disco-oriented rap records followed, solidifying hip-hop culture through the medium of vinyl.

Hip-hop’s development

    • The six years between 1973 and 1979 are hugely significant to hip-hop’s development.
    • MCs and rappers, such as Coke La Rock, Grandmaster Caz and M.C.
    • While all of this thrived in the US, it was almost a decade until hip-hop culture reached other shores.
    • Hip-hop’s identity was transported globally, however, by the visuals in punk impressario Malcolm McLaren and World’s Famous Supreme Team’s Buffalo Gals music video.

Message making

    • Breaking was labelled passing fad that kids would grow out of, like yoyoing or jumping on pogo sticks.
    • Yet, here we are, rejoicing in a cultural movement which continues to develop.
    • Through the practices of the elements, hip-hop adopters learn new ways of making art.
    • These mainstream artists are cut from the same cloth as the more underground rappers like Roughneck Jihad and Worms Ali.
    • Cut through the noise with a carefully curated selection of the latest releases, live events and exhibitions, straight to your inbox every fortnight, on Fridays.

How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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Addressing claims of homophobia, the rapper wrote on Instagram: “I didn’t write the line about gay people.

Key Points: 
  • Addressing claims of homophobia, the rapper wrote on Instagram: “I didn’t write the line about gay people.
  • … I got love for all people.” He continued: “To me [by] ‘queer’ I don’t mean someone who’s gay.
  • As rap music approaches its 50th anniversary in August, I believe it is increasingly embracing challenges to – and debates about – homophobia.

The history of homophobia in rap music

    • Indeed, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, high-profile rap groups such as N.W.A and artists like DMX similarly used pejorative language against members of the gay and lesbian community.
    • Perhaps the most famous rapper using homophobic lyrics is Eminem.
    • Throughout this controversy, there was only a muted response from the rap community itself.
    • Indeed, researchers who studied the link between rap music and resistance among young men of color to coming out found that it influenced some gay men’s decision to conduct any same-sex practices on the “down low” to avoid revealing their sexuality.

The start of change in rap community

    • For example, in 2005 Kanye West apologized for his past homophobia and even urged fellow artists to cease using lyrics that degrade the LGBTQ+ community.
    • These individual actions did not end anti-gay expression in rap, but it does, I believe, show progress among those in the hip-hop community.
    • However, many present-day male rappers wear tight-fitting clothes – a fashion choice once considered “gay” and therefore demeaned in the rap world.
    • Moreover, such outfits are created by gay fashion designers, a point that Offset acknowledged while defending himself against claims of homophobia.

Out of the closet and onto the mics

    • Even more telling, I believe, is the growing number of mainstream LGBTQ+ rappers.
    • Over the past decade, there has been a rise in the number of successful gay and lesbian emcees.
    • Albeit the music of openly gay Lil Nas X is more pop than rap, it has sold over 1 million copies.
    • Even 50 Cent, no stranger to homophobic lyrics, praised her on Instagram: “Young M.A the hottest s*** out right now.

Still room for growth in rap music

    • But it does show that hip-hop has evolved to a point at which self-reflection and conversations are taking place on past and present instances of homophobia.
    • That’s not to say that anti-gay beliefs don’t persist in the music of some.
    • And at least for now, rap artists are called on it – increasingly by members of their own community.

In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, The Museum at FIT Presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style February 8-April 23, 2023

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop.
  • Romero is the author of the first comprehensive book on the exhibition's subject matter entitled Freestylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry (2012).
  • Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style is designed by Courtney Sloane Design.
  • The Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style invitation-only reception is sponsored by Lee.

In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, The Museum at FIT Presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style February 8--April 23, 2023

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presents Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop.
  • Within two decades, hip hop had spread beyond the borders of New York City to impact international culture.
  • Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous will be the first exhibition featured in the MFIT guide, including exclusive interviews with hip hop experts.
  • Internationally renowned, FIT draws on its New York City location to provide a vibrant, community in which to learn.

Excella Appoints Eddie Morris Vice President of Strategic Pricing

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Excella , a pioneer in Agile technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Eddie Morris as VP of Strategic Pricing and Profitability.

Key Points: 
  • Excella , a pioneer in Agile technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Eddie Morris as VP of Strategic Pricing and Profitability.
  • Eddies deep understanding of the federal procurement cycle, financial planning and program control will allow Excella to communicate and deliver the best services to our customers, so Excella's innovative approaches are accessible across government, said Nadina Kezel, Executive Vice President, Finance at Excella.
  • Working with Excellas stakeholders, my focus will be making transformative technologies and expertise available to our federal agency partners, said Eddie Morris, VP of Strategic Pricing and Profitability at Excella.
  • Since 2002, federal agencies, prominent brands, and trailblazing non-profits have turned to Excella to transform bold ideas into elegant technology solutions.

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads to Be Honored With Recording Academy® Lifetime Achievement Award

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads.

Key Points: 
  • The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads.
  • Ed Cherney, Benny Golson and Kenny Babyface Edmonds are Trustees Award honorees; and Daniel Weiss is the Technical GRAMMY Award recipient.
  • In a year where music has helped keep us together, I look forward to honoring this iconic group of music creators.
  • Formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five are among the pioneers of hip-hop.