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MG112 – Hip Hop Music

Lesson Outcomes:

  1. State the origin of Hip hop music.
  2. State the characteristics of Hip hop music
  3. Name some hip hop artists

Origin of Hip Hop Music

  • Developed in the U.S. by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the 1970s

Characteristics of Hip Hop Music

  • Uniquely incorporated DJs, scratching and beat-matching, loops, breakdances, samples, beatbox
  • It is stylized rhythmic music which is Part of hip-hop culture

Popularity of Hip Hop Music

  • In 2017 usurped Rock Music to become the most popular genre in the U.S.

Hip Hop Artists

  • Beyonce
  • JayZ
  • Drake
  • Kanye West
  • Dr. Dre
  • Cardi B
  • Eminem
  • Ice Cube
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Chris Brown
  • Kofi Kinaata
  • Okyeame Kwame
  • Manifest
  • Reggie Rockstone
  • Sarkodie

Gospel Hip Hop Artists

  • Fred Hammond
  • KinzKid
  • TobyMac
  • Preachers
  • Kirk Franklin