-, 1969 - -. , "hip-hop" - DJ , . 1969- DJ , : "b-boys" - "break boys". . , , , . - , . "b-boys". , , , -, "bad boys" - "". "flygirls" - "", , , - "". , - - .
- , DJ -, . , , -. DJ , - . DJ , - - , . , .
- . - , ( DJ Jones, DJ Hollywood, Eddie Cheeba, "Love Bug" Starski ) - , . , , , -. , . . - DJ , , . MC ("master of ceremonies" ). , , . . - , . , . , , , , , , . . - "griot" - "", .
70-, .
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- . , --. () . . - -. , , "break-dance".
1972- b-boys flygirls - , , . , "Beatstreet": - , - - , , , , - ...
, , . - . -, - , . , , . - , , - - , . b-boys flygirls - "" $ . - , , .
72- (- "crew" , - "clic", - , , ), . ( ) . , , - . , , " Rock Steady Crew" " New-York City Breakers". "" , , , . "Rock Steady Crew" - , "Crazy legs"( ) - , - . - .( " ")
- . 1975 , "Hevalo" . (, , - ). - - . - . - - , . MC - , , , - :
Yes Yes Y'all,
Yes Yes Y'all,
One Two Y'all
To The Beat Y'all!
, "emceeing". - , ("dozens" "signifying", "talking shits") 30- . , , ( "dozens" - ""). dozens, - - . , - . ( ) : . , , .
- - : , , , .., - , , "Black Power" , .
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"Signifying dozens : , , . Signifying , . , ...
- . -, , , - -. dozens. - . , , - . . , " " - ; Mele Mel, , , . : , - ... , "" . "We born to rock the world!" - Mele Mel .
1976 "" - "Trans-Europe Express" Kraftwerk, . - "-" "" - . - Grandmaster Flash Grand Wizard Theodore . , - - . , , , MC . "-" - . , , -, - "Grand Master Flash & The Furious 5".
, . 60- - ( ) "Black and Beautyfull" "" . - "Raping and reading" " ". , 1968 "Last Poets" -.
70- "Last Poets", , , - . , , , " "...
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1976 . , , , . , . ( -, ) , , , . , -, , ... DJ - 1977 . - ... MC , - - , .
- . 1974 DJ , "Black Spades" (" "), "Zulu Nation" ( , ) - -. , "-", , , .
"Zulu Nation" , , "" - , , .
, - . - . , -, , , - 70- -. Afrika Bambaataa, "Furious Five", - , . ( , , .) - "" -
"Zulu Nation" . , - , , - . , , "" - , , , , .. - , , - . - , , , , . , , " Zulu Nation" .
1982 "Public enemy" "The Message" - . "Public Enemy" "KRS-One" . , . , . - " ".
, " ", , . " " - , - , , , - ... 1966 , - , , - "" - , . : " , . , , , !" : . , , . .
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. , . - - "" , . . - . "", , . . - . 70-, -, " " , , . . "" : "Babylon", , "motherfucker". , , "" - , . , - . : "He's the worst motherfucker that has ever come to this world!" - . - : " . , 4-5 - ..."
1970 , "", , - .
, "Public Enemy". "Black Panthers", "Rebel Without a Pause" .
"Public Enemy" . .
1979 The Sugar Hill Gang "Rapper's Delight" - -40. "New York Post" -. - , . 1981 "The Clash" - "Futura 2000" , , . " " - , "glide".
1983-. -: "Wild Style", "Style Wars", "Beatstreet" "Graffiti Rock". , , - "Rock Steady Crew", "Furious Five", . - "Buffalo Gals" - "Rock Steady Crew" . . ...
1984 - - , - - . - . - KDAY, -. "Rock Steady Crew" "Ghettoriginal", - .
1986 "Run DMC" "Walk This Way" - . "Raising Hell" , "Rolling Stone" "Run DMC" . , .
20 "Run DMC" "My Adidas", . . - . "Adidas", , . , . "KRS One" "Nike" "Sprite". - ...
. , , . , , dozens . - . MC "battles". 1987 Mele Mel "KRS One" "" (-, ); . , , - . 90- "battles" . , -- . "Public Enemy" - , -...
1988 "N.W.A" - "Straight outta Compton", "" - -. -.
" N.W.A. " "Niggas Wit' Attitude" - - " ". - "", - , - . "" , , - "L.A.Raiders" ( "Niggers With Activator" - " ").
, , , : . . , , . "N.W.A." . , "drive-by shooting" ( , ). - . , , .
, , . , "old school". : , , , , , , .. "Public Enemy" , - ... "" , .
, "N.W.A." "Furious Five" "Public Enemy". : "" , - , . "" Eazy-E ( ), , - ( - ).
, . . , "?!". , , .
- - , . dozens "" , , .
1990 "N.W.A." - , - -
Eazy-E, Dr.Dre Ice Cube.
"Suge" - "Death Row Records", . "Death Row" 60 , - . 1996- , - (!) . , . , , - , ( " - "), - . . - , "talking shits" - .
, ("2 Live Crew") , . "Death Row Records" . -, , , 1992 ( , ), - 58 , . , , - , , - . 70 - , - .- - , . - , . . - , , . , - , , , - - , . - , dozens, . . , - .
, , "All Eyez on Me" - " ". , . , - "East Coast/West Coast war" - , 1996 "Bow Down". - , . - (Notorious B.I.G.) - . ( "battle" - dozens - .)
7 1996 - ( ); , - ; ; , . ...
, . . , , ("The 7 day theory" "Live after Death" ) - .
"Have a party at my funeral!" - " !" - . , , , - . -, , . , , ...