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26-472: The group members Devin and Rob met at a 1989 talent show sponsored by Kurtis Blow . Devin lost the contest but was greatly impressed by Rob's performance. He and Rob became close friends and eventually Devin's friend Dexter Johnson came along as well. With Rob's production, the group recorded a series of demos and befriended many of their future label-mates and affiliates such as Big Mike , UGK , and DJ Screw . Deciding to get more serious about their career,

52-457: A Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three charts were consolidated into a single Hot R&B Singles chart in October 1958. From November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965, there were no Billboard R&B singles charts. The "Hot R&B Singles" chart was discontinued when Billboard determined it unnecessary due to so much crossover of titles between

78-542: A documentary on the evolution of hip hop, Hip-Hop Evolution . Hosted by Canadian rapper and broadcaster Shad , the series profiled the history of hip-hop music through interviews with many of the genre's leading cultural figures. The series was produced by Russell Peters , Scot McFadyen , Sam Dunn and Nelson George . It won the 2016 Peabody Award , and the 2017 International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming . The series has been broadcast on Netflix. Hot R%26B The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks

104-410: Is the clique, consisting of an innumerable number of members, thus unlimited amount of talent. Coughee Brothaz, founded by Odd Squad released the albums Waitin' Our Turn in 2007 and Fresh Brew in 2011. The term "coughee" was created by Original Coughee Brothaz Tony and Boomer (Cleo) Father. Who suggested that the teens find another way to express themselves. HE (Pops) suggested calling it Coughee. Thus

130-514: Is the first certified gold record rap song. Throughout his career he has released 17 albums and is currently an ordained minister. Walker was raised in Harlem , Manhattan , New York City. He attended CCNY and Nyack College , studying communications/film and ministry. In 1979, at the age of twenty, Blow became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, Mercury , which released "Christmas Rappin'". It sold over 400,000 copies, becoming one of

156-642: The Billboard Hot 100 with his version of Blow's "If I Ruled the World". The song went on to double platinum. In 1998, the group Next released " Too Close ", in which the music of "Christmas Rappin'" was sampled . ASCAP honored Blow and Next at a gala affair on May 26, 1999 for having the number one song for 8 months. In 2002, he traveled to the Middle East to tour the Armed Forces bases performing seventeen shows for

182-550: The Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 11, 2003, were by black artists. The lengthy title was shortened to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs on April 30, 2005. The chart's methodology was changed starting with the October 20, 2012 issue, to match the Billboard Hot 100's---incorporating digital downloads and video streaming data (R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs) and combining it with airplay of R&B and hip-hop songs across all radio formats, to determine song position. Also at this time,

208-794: The Bloods" and won praises from Showtime for being the most viewed documentary in 2003. Blow was recently a producer for the Netflix show The Get Down . Blow has spoken out emphatically against racism. He was an active participant in the Artists United Against Apartheid record " Sun City ". He worked with Rev. Jesse Jackson 's Operation Push and National Rainbow Coalition in Chicago and with Rev. Al Sharpton 's Action Network in New York City. In 1995, he started working on-air in radio, Power 106,

234-578: The Coughee Brothaz shortly followed. Devin the dude, Odd Squad front man, coined the phrase creating a platform for all of artists, producers, singers, writers etc. of His clique -So they might have an opportunity to showcase their talents. In a 2019 podcast interview with Donnie Houston, Rob Quest stated: “Coughee is a code word that one of our friends made up that he would use in front of his parents, he had elderly parents, so people would come over…he would be like ‘hey man we out back sippin’ coughee’… that

260-604: The Hot Black Singles chart was returned to the Hot R&;B Singles name first used in 1958. Hip hop was introduced to the chart beginning with the December 11, 1999 issue, when Billboard changed the name to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks to recognize the influence and relationship of hip hop to the genre. Within a few years, the crossover of R&B titles onto the pop chart was so significant that all Top Ten songs on

286-866: The Legendary Smith Twins, the Zulu Kings and Cholly Rock (Anthony G. Horne), OG BGirl – Darlene Rivers, "Puppet" (William "Billy Bill" Waring), Darryl Solomon (The Mad Hatter), Kurtis Blow, Lil Cesar Rivas, and Shabba-Doo. The committee is dedicated to the facilitation of the Bboy section of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Blow became an ordained minister on August 16, 2009. As the founder of the Hip Hop Church in Harlem, Blow serves as rapper, DJ, worship leader and licensed minister. In 2016, Kurtis Blow appeared in

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312-639: The No. 1 CHR radio station in Southern California . He hosted The Old School Show on Sunday nights, featuring hits from the past. He also worked for Sirius Satellite Radio on the Classic Old School Hip Hop station Backspin (Channel 46) from 2000 to 2004. Beginning in 1996, Kurtis Blow was featured in a hip hop display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . In the same year, rapper Nas debuted at No. 53 on

338-508: The R&;B and pop charts in light of the rise of Motown . The chart was reinstated as Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles on January 30, 1965. Beginning August 23, 1969, the rhythm and blues was replaced in favor of "soul", and the chart was renamed to Best Selling Soul Singles . The move was made by a Billboard editorial decision that the term "soul" more accurately accounted for the "broad range of song and instrumental material which derives from

364-460: The chart was shortened to 50 positions. 21 weeks 20 weeks 18 weeks 17 weeks 16 weeks 15 weeks 14 weeks 13 weeks 12 weeks Source: The artists with the most No. 1 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart since October 1958. † Pre-October 1958 charts. Most entries on chart since October 1958. Source: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs was a chart composed of 25 positions that represented songs making progress to chart on

390-485: The first commercially successful hip hop singles. Its follow-up, " The Breaks ", sold over 840,000 copies. He released ten albums over the next eleven years. His first album was Kurtis Blow , while his second was the top 40 R&B album Deuce . Party Time featured a fusion of rap and go-go . Ego Trip included the hits: "8 Million Stories", "AJ Scratch", and "Basketball". His 1985 album, America , garnered praise for its title track's music video. From this album,

416-445: The group slid a demo to Rap-A-Lot house producer Crazy C, who had previously produced almost the whole of Mr. Scarface is Back . The demo then made it to label head James Prince . He soon offered them a recording contract and Rob handled the bulk of the album production with the group writing all the tracks with aid from such staple southern producers as Mike Dean , N.O Joe and John Bido. Their first album, Fadanuf Fa Erybody!!

442-594: The holidays. In 2016 Blow was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The museum is slated to open in 2023 in the Bronx point section of NYC. In 2017, Blow formed "The Bboy Committee", a group of 1st generation Bboys/Girls, who created the style of dance called Bboying, Rocking, and Break Dancing. The members of the Bboy Committee are as follows: Trixie (Lauree Myers), RIP Wallace D, Dancing Doug (Douglas Colon), A1 Bboy Sasa, DJ Clark Kent (Tyrone Smith),

468-467: The most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard . Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban , or primarily African-American , venues. Dominated over

494-507: The musical genius of the black American". Beginning on July 14, 1973, the chart title was modified slightly to Hot Soul Singles . In late June 1982, the chart was renamed again, this time to Hot Black Singles because the music that African-Americans were buying and listening to had a "greater stylistic variety than the soul sound" of the early 1970s. Black Singles was deemed an acceptable term to encompass pop, funk, and early rap music popular in urban communities. Beginning October 27, 1990,

520-620: The song "If I Ruled the World" became a top 5 hit on Billboard ' s R&B chart . By 1983, he moved into production. He lived in Co-op City in the Bronx in the mid-1980s. Besides his own work, Blow has been responsible for hits by The Fat Boys and Run DMC . Run began his career billed as 'The Son of Kurtis Blow'. Lovebug Starski , Full Force , Russell Simmons and Wyclef Jean all have been produced by, or collaborated with, Walker. Former label mates René & Angela had their R&B chart topping debut " Save Your Love (For #1) "

546-523: The troops. In December 2014, Blow was the Guest MC for the world premiere of The Hip Hop Nutcracker at New Jersey Performing Arts Center , a well received update of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic. A national tour of the show was scheduled to launch in November 2015 with Kurtis Blow reprising his role as Guest MC opening the show. The show has presently been up and running with 50–60 sold-out performances during

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572-538: The years at various times by jazz , rhythm and blues , doo-wop , rock and roll , soul , and funk , it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. Beginning in 1942, Billboard published a chart of bestselling African-American music , first as the Harlem Hit Parade , then as Race Records . Then in 1949, Billboard began publishing

598-417: Was code for ‘I got one in the air in the back, come hit the weed.’” Kurtis Blow Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), known professionally by his stage name Kurtis Blow , is an American rapper , songwriter, and record producer . Walker is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. " The Breaks ", a single from his 1980 self-titled debut album ,

624-575: Was gift rapped by Blow. Walker produced, with Phillip Jones as co-producer and Dexter Scott King as executive producer, the song " King Holiday ", celebrating the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day , a U.S. federal holiday inaugurated in January 1986. He performed as an actor and in music coordination in several feature films including Leon Kennedy's Knights of the City and the hip hop film Krush Groove . He

650-468: Was host and co-producer for Das Leben Amerikanischer Gangs (1995), an international film production focusing on the West Coast gang scene. As host and associate producer for Miramax's Rhyme and Reason , he gave an informative account of the status of hip hop, while he participated in the three volume record release The History of Rap for Rhino Records in 1998. Blow also co-produced "Slippin, Ten Years with

676-576: Was released on February 1, 1994 under Rap-A-Lot Records . The album is considered by Scarface to be the label's finest release. Despite much praise, the album was a failure, reaching only #66 on the Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums. Soon after, Devin would join Scarface's protege group Facemob before going solo in 1998. His ties with the Odd Squad however continued. Whereas Odd Squad is the group, Coughee Brothaz

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