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75-576: Enyce ([NYC]) is an American hip hop fashion label owned by Sean Diddy Combs . The label was established in New York City in March 1996 by Evan Davis, Lando Felix and Tony Shellman. The co-founders had originally met while working for Seattle -based clothing brand International News . Liz Claiborne acquired the company in February 2004 for $ 114 million from Sports Brands International. In October 2008 Enyce

150-431: A DJ mixer that is plugged into a PA system . One of the first few hip hop DJs was Kool DJ Herc , who helped popularize hip hop in the 1970s through the isolation and extending of "breaks" – the parts of albums that focused solely on the percussive beat. In addition to developing Herc's techniques, DJs Grandmaster Flowers , Grandmaster Flash , Grand Wizzard Theodore , and Grandmaster Caz made further innovations with

225-493: A Lanham -based media company. BlackPlanet states its broader mission is to strengthen the Black community. The most popular forums on BlackPlanet were Current Events , Heritage & Identity , Relationships , Religion & Spirituality , and Women . According to Wasow, BlackPlanet's home-grown software encouraged social connection rather than passive content consumption, allowing users to move between personal pages and

300-558: A Bronx DJ who put out the single "The Positive Life" in 1981 – and DJ Hollywood then began using the term when referring to this new "disco rap" music. Bill Alder, an independent consultant, once said, "There was hardly ever a moment when rap music was underground , one of the first so-called rap records, was a monster hit ('Rapper's Delight' by the Sugar Hill Gang on Sugarhill Records)." Hip hop pioneer and South Bronx community leader Afrika Bambaataa also credits Lovebug Starski as

375-741: A charitable organization called DonorsChoose , which connects users to offer donations of critical resources, such as books, supplies, computers, field trips and guest speakers to public schools. The choice of donations and projects to support is available through BlackPlanet Rising and DonorsChoose. "Double Your Impact" support programs involve BlackPlanet Rising's matching user donations. BlackPlanet Rising's Giving page via DonorsChoose had reached $ 11,023 donated by 36 donors, reaching 5,190 students in April 2011. Past events organised by BlackPlanet Rising include fundraisers for earthquake and tsunami relief projects, volunteer drives for causes such as homelessness, and

450-631: A federal jury in Miami in December 2011 of multiple sex-related and conspiracy charges and were sentenced to life in prison. The woman alleges that BlackPlanet.com "failed to warn women about the dangers of sexual predators". The site's parent company told the Miami Herald it "vehemently" denies the allegations. In 2007, BlackPlanet was featured in the press when the Pentagon banned it, as well as other sites, on

525-457: A high-rise apartment at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the movement later spread across the entire borough. On August 11, 1973, graffiti artist and breakdancer Cindy Campbell organized a hip hop "back to school" party with her brother featured as the deejay. Kool Herc extended the beat of a record by using two record players, isolating the percussion "breaks" by using a mixer to switch between the two records. Cindy produced and funded this party that became

600-405: A historic building. The equipment consisted of numerous speakers, turntables, and one or more microphones. By using this technique, DJs could create a variety of music, but according to Rap Attack by David Toop "At its worst the technique could turn the night into one endless and inevitably boring song". KC The Prince of Soul , a rapper-lyricist with Pete DJ Jones, is often credited with being

675-602: A member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , has been credited with coining the term in 1978 while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army by scat singing , in alternation, the made-up words "hip" and "hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers. Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into his stage performance. The group frequently performed with disco artists who would refer to this new type of music by calling them "hip hoppers". The name

750-399: A microphone and effects units . The DJ mixes the two albums currently in rotation and/or does " scratching " by moving one of the record platters while manipulating the crossfader on the mixer. The result of mixing two records is a unique sound created by the seemingly combined sound of two separate songs into one song. Although there is considerable overlap between the two roles, a DJ is not

825-404: A musical "cross pollination" has taken place, which strengthens the power of hip hop to influence different communities. Hip hop's messages allow the under-privileged and the mistreated to be heard. These cultural translations cross borders. While the music may be from a foreign country, the message is something that many people can relate to- something not "foreign" at all. Even when hip hop

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900-639: A new context or a new format is called "flipping" in hip hop culture. Hip hop music follows in the footsteps of earlier African-American-rooted and Latino musical genres such as blues , jazz , rag-time , funk , salsa , and disco to become one of the most practiced genres worldwide. In the 2000s, with the rise of new media platforms such as online music streaming services, fans discovered and downloaded or streamed hip hop music through social networking sites beginning with Blackplanet & Myspace , as well as from websites like YouTube , Worldstarhiphop , SoundCloud , and Spotify . Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins ,

975-614: A place to expend their pent-up energy." Tony Tone, a member of the Cold Crush Brothers , stated that "hip hop saved a lot of lives". For inner-city youth, participating in hip hop culture became a way of dealing with the hardships of life as minorities within America, and an outlet to deal with the risk of violence and the rise of gang culture. MC Kid Lucky mentions that "people used to break-dance against each other instead of fighting". Inspired by DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa created

1050-462: A profile of Bambaataa written by Steven Hager , who also published the first comprehensive history of the culture with St. Martins' Press . In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as "hip hop" began to form in the Bronx, New York City . It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over house parties and neighborhood block party events, held outdoors. Hip hop music has been a powerful medium for protesting

1125-427: A result, gangsta rap became a platform for artists who chose to use their music to spread political and social messages to parts of the country that were previously unaware of the conditions of ghettos . While hip hop music now appeals to a broader demographic, media critics argue that socially and politically conscious hip hop has been largely disregarded by mainstream America. With Hip-Hop starting to grab traction,

1200-402: A result, the hip hop genre, barely known outside of the Bronx at the time, grew at an astounding rate from 1977 onward. DJ Kool Herc 's house parties gained popularity and later moved to outdoor venues to accommodate more people. Hosted in parks, these outdoor parties became a means of expression and an outlet for teenagers, where "instead of getting into trouble on the streets, teens now had

1275-457: A statement, whether political or emotional and participate in community activities. These practices spread globally around the 1980s as fans could "make it their own" and express themselves in new and creative ways in music, dance and other arts. DJing and turntablism are the techniques of manipulating sounds and creating music and beats using two or more phonograph turntables or other sound sources, such as tapes, CDs or digital audio files and

1350-420: A street organization called Universal Zulu Nation , centered around hip hop, as a means to draw teenagers out of gang life, drugs and violence. The lyrical content of many early rap groups focused on social issues, most notably in the seminal track "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , which discussed the realities of life in the housing projects. "Young black Americans coming out of

1425-685: A stronger sense of black aspiration. As rappers such as Jay-Z and Kanye West establish themselves as artists and entrepreneurs, more young black people have hopes of achieving their goals. The lens through which one views the genre's commercialization can make it seem positive or negative. White and Latino pop rappers such as Macklemore , Iggy Azalea , Machine Gun Kelly , Eminem , Miley Cyrus , G-Eazy , Pitbull , Lil Pump , and Post Malone have often been criticized for commercializing hip hop and cultural appropriation. Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry , although not rappers, have been accused of cultural appropriation and commercializing hip hop. Katy Perry,

1500-482: A variety of message boards. BlackPlanet hosted more than 6 million unique visitors a month in 2008. Wasow went so far as to claim that The guys who started Myspace were quoted in Business Week magazine saying that they looked at BlackPlanet as a model for Myspace and thought there was an opportunity to do a general market version of what BlackPlanet was. But by 2011 usage had begun to fall off, and BlackPlanet

1575-409: A white woman, was criticized for her hip hop song " Dark Horse ". Taylor Swift was also accused of cultural appropriation. DJing and turntablism , MCing/ rapping , breakdancing , graffiti art and beatboxing are the creative outlets that collectively make up hip hop culture and its revolutionary aesthetic. Like the blues , these arts were developed by urban communities to enable people to make

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1650-416: Is a BlackPlanet users community project set up by the website to encourage community support and services by its members. As part of their mission they aim to motivate and involve individuals to participate in civic engagement. BlackPlanet Rising hosts a blog which contains posts from BlackPlanet users. Featured authors are highlighted along with their contributions to the site. BlackPlanet Rising works with

1725-502: Is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans , starting in the Bronx , New York City. Pioneered from Black American street culture, that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans . Hip-hop culture has historically been shaped and dominated by African American men, though female hip hop artists have contributed to

1800-746: Is emceeing (also called MCing or rapping). Emceeing is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes and wordplay, delivered at first without accompaniment and later done over a beat . This spoken style was influenced by the African American style of " capping ", a performance where men tried to outdo each other in originality of their language and tried to gain the favor of the listeners. The basic elements of hip hop—boasting raps, rival "posses" (groups), uptown "throw-downs", and political and social commentary—were all long present in African American music. MCing and rapping performers moved back and forth between

1875-410: Is now inseparable from what we call the hip hop industry, in which the nouveau riche and the super-rich employers get richer". Ironically, this commercialization coincides with a decline in rap sales and pressure from critics of the genre. Even other musicians, like Nas and KRS-ONE have claimed " hip hop is dead " in that it has changed so much over the years to cater to the consumer that it has lost

1950-409: Is the cipher , born in the Bronx, where competition and community feed each other." He also adds, "Thousands of organizers from Cape Town to Paris use hip hop in their communities to address environmental justice, policing and prisons, media justice, and education.". While hip hop music has been criticized as a music that creates a divide between western music and music from the rest of the world ,

2025-518: Is transplanted to other countries, it often retains its "vital progressive agenda that challenges the status quo." In Gothenburg , Sweden, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) incorporate graffiti and dance to engage disaffected immigrant and working class youths. Hip hop has played a small but distinct role as the musical face of revolution in the Arab Spring , one example being an anonymous Libyan musician, Ibn Thabit , whose anti-government songs fueled

2100-495: Is widely regarded as a turning point; fusing electro with hip hop, it was "like a light being switched on", resulting in a new genre. The track also helped popularize the 808, which became a cornerstone of hip hop music; Wired and Slate both described the machine as hip hop's equivalent to the Fender Stratocaster , which had dramatically influenced the development of rock music. Released in 1986, Licensed to Ill by

2175-697: The Beastie Boys became the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart. Beastie Boys were also one of the first white hip hop artists and a highly influential band in the history of hip hop, ranked as No.12 most influential band by Spin Magazine . Other groundbreaking records released in 1982 include " The Message " by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , " Nunk " by Warp 9 , "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)" by Man Parrish , "Magic Wand" by Whodini , and " Buffalo Gals " by Malcolm McLaren . In 1983, Hashim created

2250-559: The First Exposure cable show on Paragon cable, and then created the On Broadway television show. There, rappers had opportunities to be interviewed and have their music videos played. This pre-dated MTV or Video Soul on BET. The commercialization has made hip hop less edgy and authentic, but it also has enabled hip hop artists to become successful. As top rappers grow wealthier and start more outside business ventures, this can indicate

2325-468: The U.S. Department of Defense network in order to free up bandwidth, suggesting high usage levels. Other banned sites included: filecabi.com, Hi5 , iFilm , Metacafe , MTV .com, Myspace , Pandora Radio , Photobucket , StupidVideos , and YouTube . The Defense network contains more than 15,000 local and regional networks and more than five million computers in the grid. BlackPlanet gained considerable publicity when Senator Barack Obama began using

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2400-583: The "Birth of Hip Hop", thus she has been called the Mother of Hip Hop and the First Lady of Hip Hop. Kool Herc's turntablist style became known as " breakbeat " – an essential element of modern hip hop. Music critic Peter Shapiro wrote that Herc's innovation "laid the foundations for hip hop", also noting that "it was another DJ, Grandwizard Theodore , who created its signature flourish in 1977 or 1978" – " scratching ". A second key musical element in hip hop music

2475-455: The 1980s. The 1980s also saw many artists make social statements through hip hop. In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded " The Message " (officially credited to Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five), a song that foreshadowed the socially conscious statements of Run-DMC 's " It's like That " and Public Enemy 's " Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ". During the 1980s, hip hop also embraced

2550-509: The art form and culture as well. Hip hop culture is characterized by the key elements of rapping , DJing and turntablism , and breakdancing ; other elements include graffiti , beatboxing , street entrepreneurship , hip hop language, and hip hop fashion . From hip hop culture emerged a new genre of popular music, hip hop music . The Bronx hip hop scene emerged in August 1973 when brother–sister duo DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell hosted

2625-461: The avoided genre to a genre that is followed by millions of fans worldwide. This was made possible by the adaptation of music in different locations, and the influence on style of behavior and dress. Not all countries have embraced hip hop, where "as can be expected in countries with strong local culture, the interloping wildstyle of hip hop is not always welcomed". This is somewhat the case in Jamaica,

2700-454: The brand. Enyce specializes in old school clothing, with an emphasis on puffy jackets and jerseys with their logos on them. They also seem to have an official Instagram account, which is owned and operated by CEO Sean Diddy Combs . The account became inactive in 2016. This article about a fashion brand, house, corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hip hop culture Hip hop or hip-hop

2775-538: The civil rights movement have used hip hop culture in the 1980s and 1990s to show the limitations of the movement." Hip hop gave young African Americans a voice to let their issues be heard; "Like rock-and-roll, hip hop is vigorously opposed by conservatives because it romanticizes violence, law-breaking, and gangs". It also gave people a chance for financial gain by "reducing the rest of the world to consumers of its social concerns." In late 1979, Debbie Harry of Blondie took Nile Rodgers of Chic to such an event, as

2850-575: The creation of rhythm by using the human body, via the vocal percussion technique of beatboxing . Pioneers such as Doug E. Fresh , Biz Markie and Buffy from the Fat Boys made beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using their mouth, lips, tongue, voice, and other body parts. "Human Beatbox" artists would also sing or imitate turntablism scratching or other instrument sounds. The appearance of music videos changed entertainment: they often glorified urban neighborhoods. The music video for "Planet Rock" showcased

2925-443: The crowd. Eventually, this introducing role developed into longer sessions of spoken, rhythmic wordplay, and rhyming, which became rapping. By 1979, hip hop music had become a mainstream genre. It spread across the world in the 1990s with controversial "gangsta" rap. Herc also developed upon break-beat deejaying , where the breaks of funk songs—the part most suited to dance, usually percussion-based—were isolated and repeated for

3000-495: The culture's global appeal took root. This was especially notable in the United Kingdom, where British hip hop grew its own voice and style from the 1980s, with rappers such as She Rockers , MC Duke , and Derek B , followed by Silver Bullet , Monie Love , Caveman , and London Posse . Women artists have also been at the forefront of the hip hop movement since its inception in the Bronx. Nevertheless, as gangsta rap became

3075-491: The dominant force in hip hop music, there were many songs with misogynistic (anti-women) lyrics and many music videos depicted women in a sexualized fashion. The negation of female voice and perspective is an issue that has come to define mainstream hip hop music. The recording industry is less willing to back female artists than their male counterparts, and when it does back them, often it places emphasis on their sexuality over their musical substance and artistic abilities. Since

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3150-583: The early 2000s was a turning point for the genre that influenced the sound, lifestyle and the fashion of the decade. At the time, The Beatles had the top selling album of the 2000s until Eminem surpassed them with 32.2 million in sales. While sampling has always been a central part of hip hop music, Kanye West 's The College Dropout offered new innovations in the genre. The album, released in 2004, sold over 4 million copies worldwide, has been noted by critics for its manipulation of samples, many pulled from pop culture, where West would speed up or slow down

3225-570: The end. In 1980, Kurtis Blow released his self-titled debut album featuring the single " The Breaks ", which became the first certified gold rap song. In 1982, Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force released the electro-funk track " Planet Rock ". Instead of simply rapping over disco beats, Bambaataa and producer Arthur Baker created an electronic sound using the Roland TR-808 drum machine and sampling from Kraftwerk . "Planet Rock"

3300-457: The essence for which it was originally created. However, in his book In Search Of Africa , Manthia Diawara states that hip hop is really a voice of people who are marginalized in modern society. He argues that the "worldwide spread of hip hop as a market revolution" is actually global "expression of poor people's desire for the good life", and that this struggle aligns with "the nationalist struggle for citizenship and belonging, but also reveals

3375-553: The first gangsta rap single, " 6 in the Mornin' ", and N.W.A whose second album Niggaz4Life became the first gangsta rap album to enter the charts at number one. Gangsta rap also played an important part in hip hop becoming a mainstream commodity. Considering albums such as N.W.A 's Straight Outta Compton , Eazy-E 's Eazy-Duz-It , and Ice Cube 's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted were selling in such high numbers meant that black teens were no longer hip hop's sole buying audience. As

3450-564: The first hip hop party in the Bronx, sparking the rise of the genre. Hip hop culture has spread to both urban and suburban communities throughout the United States and subsequently the world. These elements were adapted and developed considerably, particularly as the art forms spread to new continents and merged with local styles in the 1990s and subsequent decades. Even as the movement continues to expand globally and explore myriad styles and art forms, including hip hop theater and hip hop film,

3525-586: The first rap lyricist to call himself an "MC". Street gangs were prevalent in the poverty of the South Bronx , and much of the graffiti, rapping , and b-boying at these parties were all artistic variations on the competition and one-upmanship of street gangs. Sensing that gang members' often violent urges could be turned into creative ones, Afrika Bambaataa founded the Zulu Nation , a loose confederation of street-dance crews, graffiti artists, and rap musicians. By

3600-663: The first to use the term "hip hop" as it relates to the culture. Bambaataa, former leader of the Black Spades , also did much to further popularize the term. The first use of the term in print, referring specifically to the culture and its elements, was in a January 1982 interview of Afrika Bambaataa by Michael Holman in the East Village Eye . The term gained further currency in September of that year in The Village Voice , in

3675-425: The four foundational elements provide coherence and a strong foundation for hip hop culture. Hip hop is simultaneously a new and old phenomenon; the importance of sampling tracks, beats, and basslines from old records to the art form means that much of the culture has revolved around the idea of updating classic recordings, attitudes, and experiences for modern audiences. Sampling older culture and reusing it in

3750-451: The genre stripped it of its earlier political nature and the politics and marketing plans of major record labels have forced rappers to craft their music and images to appeal to white, affluent and suburban audiences. After realizing her friends were making music but not getting television exposure other than what was seen on Video Music Box, Darlene Lewis (model/lyricist), along with Darryl Washington and Dean Carroll, brought hip hop music to

3825-515: The hip hop genre has changed since the 1980s, the African-American cultural "tradition" that Diawara describes has little place in hip hop's mainstream artists music. The push toward materialism and market success by contemporary rappers such as Rick Ross , Lil Wayne and Jay Z has irked older hip hop fans and artists. They see the genre losing its community-based feel that focused more on black empowerment than wealth. The commercialization of

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3900-423: The homeland of the culture's father, DJ Kool Herc. However, despite hip hop music produced on the island lacking widespread local and international recognition, artists such as Five Steez have defied the odds by impressing online hip hop taste-makers and even reggae critics. Hartwig Vens argues that hip hop can also be viewed as a global learning experience. Author Jeff Chang argues that "the essence of hip hop

3975-457: The impact of legal institutions on minorities, particularly police and prisons. Historically, hip hop arose out of the ruins of a post-industrial and ravaged South Bronx, as a form of expression of urban Black and Latino youth, whom the public and political discourse had written off as marginalized communities. Jamaican-born DJ Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell pioneered the use of DJing percussion "breaks" in hip hop music. Beginning at Herc's home in

4050-421: The influential electro funk tune " Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) ", while Warp 9's " Light Years Away "(1983), "a cornerstone of early 80s beat box afrofuturism ", introduced socially conscious themes from a Sci-Fi perspective, paying homage to music pioneer Sun Ra . Encompassing graffiti art, MCing/rapping, DJing and b-boying, hip hop became the dominant cultural movement of the minority-populated urban communities in

4125-443: The introduction of " scratching ", which has become one of the key sounds associated with hip hop music. Grandmaster Flash became known for “flashing” during the breaks, flashing being the section of two albums where only the drums are played. Traditionally, a DJ will use two turntables simultaneously and mix between the two. These are connected to a DJ mixer, an amplifier , speakers , and various electronic music equipment such as

4200-429: The late 1970s, the culture had gained media attention, with Billboard magazine printing an article titled "B Beats Bombarding Bronx ", commenting on the local phenomenon and mentioning influential figures such as Kool Herc . The New York City blackout of 1977 saw widespread looting, arson, and other citywide disorders especially in the Bronx where a number of looters stole DJ equipment from electronics stores. As

4275-584: The launch of TelAfric at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, March 2011. BlackPlanet Rising's VolunteerMatch site matches user's locations with volunteer opportunities in their area. They quote Barack Obama 's election as President as a call for users to "bring a new energy and agenda to our country". Volunteer opportunities include educational programs, health programs, social rights programs and other opportunities to support one's community. The BlackPlanet Rising community campaign has identified

4350-420: The main backing track used was the break from Chic's " Good Times ". The new style influenced Harry, and Blondie's later hit single from 1981 " Rapture " became the first major single containing hip hop elements by a white group or artist to hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 —the song itself is usually considered new wave and fuses heavy pop music elements, but there is an extended rap by Harry near

4425-426: The name was getting established, the words were a signature part of some songs. The song " Rapper's Delight " by The Sugarhill Gang , released in 1979, begins with the phrase "I said a hip, hop, the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, and you don't stop" . The 1980 hit " Rapture " by Blondie contains a rapping part with the line "And you hip-hop, and you don't stop, just blast off, sure shot." Lovebug Starski —

4500-429: The need for improvement of the site's infrastructure and principal features such as user chat rather than the introduction of games. In October 2011, an anonymous model filed a federal lawsuit against BlackPlanet.com regarding a 2007 incident in which she was drugged and raped by two men who met the woman through the website. The two men (40-year-old Lavont Flanders, Jr. and 45-year-old Emerson Callum) were convicted by

4575-440: The need to go beyond such struggles and celebrate the redemption of the black individual through tradition." The problem may not be that female rappers do not have the same opportunities and recognition as their male counterparts; it may be that the music industry that is so defined by gender biases. Industry executives seem to bet on the idea that men won't want to listen to female rappers, so they are given fewer opportunities. As

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4650-643: The original beat, a trend that became popular as a result. For example, West's debut single " Through the Wire " used a sped-up sample from Chaka Khan 's song " Through the Fire ". This tactic became known as the "chipmunk soul sound." According to the U.S. Department of State , hip hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world" that crosses social barriers and cuts across racial lines. National Geographic recognizes hip hop as "the world's favorite youth culture" in which "just about every country on

4725-432: The planet seems to have developed its own local rap scene." Through its international travels, hip hop is now considered a "global musical epidemic". According to The Village Voice , hip hop is "custom-made to combat the anomie that preys on adolescents wherever nobody knows their name." Hip hop sounds and styles differ from region to region, but there are also instances of fusion genres. Hip hop culture has grown from

4800-549: The predominance of toasting songs packed with a mix of boasting, 'slackness' and sexual innuendo and a more topical, political, socially conscious style. The role of the MC originally was as a Master of Ceremonies for a DJ dance event. The MC would introduce the DJ and try to pump up the audience. The MC spoke between the DJ's songs, urging everyone to get up and dance. MCs would also tell jokes and use their energetic language and enthusiasm to rev up

4875-547: The purpose of all-night dance parties. This form of music playback, using hard funk and rock, formed the basis of hip hop music. Campbell's announcements and exhortations to dancers would lead to the syncopated, rhymed spoken accompaniment now known as rapping. He dubbed his dancers "break-boys" and "break-girls", or simply b-boys and b-girls. According to Herc, "breaking" was also street slang for "getting excited" and "acting energetically" DJs such as Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash , and Jazzy Jay refined and developed

4950-467: The rebellion. In the early-to-mid 1980s, there wasn't an established hip hop music industry, as exists in the 2020s, with record labels, record producers, managers and Artists and Repertoire staff. Politicians and businesspeople maligned and ignored the hip hop movement. Most hip hop artists performed in their local communities and recorded in underground scenes. However, in the late 1980s, music industry executives realized that they could capitalize on

5025-547: The same as a record producer of a music track. Blackplanet BlackPlanet was launched by internet analyst Omar Wasow on September 1, 2001. Wasow had previously created a pre-web community dubbed New York Online in 1993 with Community Connect's CEO, Benjamin Sun. The website is run by Community Connect of New York City , which also owns AsianAvenue.com and MiGente.com . In April 2008, Community Connect and its constituent websites were purchased for $ 38 million by Radio One ,

5100-614: The site on October 5, 2007, during his presidential campaign bid. Within 10 days, he had gained nearly 200,000 friends. In an online poll conducted by the site, over 2/3 of BlackPlanet's online community stated their intention to vote in the 2008 election. The media perceived this participation in a niche social networking tool to be a "smart move" by the Senator. On March 30, 2011, President Obama had 450,579 friends on BlackPlanet. The page continues to be updated with regular blog posts, but does not feature recent status updates. BlackPlanet Rising

5175-484: The subculture of hip hop musicians, graffiti artists, and b-boys/b-girls. Many hip hop-related films were released between 1982 and 1985, among them Wild Style , Beat Street , Krush Groove , Breakin , and the documentary Style Wars . These films expanded the appeal of hip hop beyond the boundaries of New York. By 1984, youth worldwide were embracing the hip hop culture. The hip hop artwork and "slang" of U.S. urban communities quickly found its way to Europe, as

5250-460: The success of "gangsta rap". They made a formula that created "a titillating buffet of hypermasculinity and glorified violence." This type of rap was marketed to the new fan base: white males. They ignored the depictions of a harsh reality to focus on the sex and violence involved. In an article for The Village Voice , Greg Tate argues that the commercialization of hip hop is a negative and pervasive phenomenon, writing that "what we call hiphop

5325-502: The turn of the century, female hip hop artists have struggled to get mainstream attention, with only a few, such as older artists like the female duo Salt N' Pepa to more contemporary ones like Lil' Kim and Nicki Minaj , reaching platinum status. With the commercial success of gangsta rap in the early 1990s, the emphasis in lyrics shifted to drugs, violence, and misogyny . Early proponents of gangsta rap included groups and artists such as Ice-T , who recorded what some consider to be

5400-578: The use of breakbeats , including cutting and scratching . The approach used by Herc was soon widely copied, and by the late 1970s, DJs were releasing 12-inch records where they would rap to the beat. Influential tunes included Fatback Band 's " King Tim III (Personality Jock) ", The Sugarhill Gang 's " Rapper's Delight ", and Kurtis Blow 's " Christmas Rappin' ", all released in 1979. Herc and other DJs would connect their equipment to power lines and perform at venues such as public basketball courts and at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York, now officially

5475-648: Was no longer among the top 15 social networks according to eBizMBA. Observers began to suggest that the demise of the social network appeared imminent as "BlackPlanet [fell] to the wayside," replaced by other networks that began "taking up the social network mantle." BlackPlanet introduced a free mobile app in 2009 called BlackPlanetMobile. BlackPlanet Text Alerts also became available to alert users of updates and notifications. BlackPlanet also developed two interactive games for users, Farmandia and Fishdom . Farmandia 's similarities to Facebook's Farmville did not go unnoticed by BlackPlanet users, who pointed out

5550-411: Was originally meant as a sign of disrespect, but soon came to identify this new music and its broader culture. Therefore, the words chosen are probably not related to contemporary definitions for either " hip " or " hop ", although that pair of words in conjunction had been swirling in the public lexicon since at least the 1950s, with older folks describing the parties of the youth as "hippity hops". As

5625-416: Was purchased by Sean Combs and Sean John for $ 20 million. Many have mispronounced the brand name over the years. The pronunciation originates from the phonetic spelling of "NYC" (en-y-ce) but sounded out in an Italian fashion. This was because the company started under Fila , an Italian-based company. Employees asked how they would pronounce the word replied "en-ne-che", making it the "correct" way to say

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