Highlights
Hip hop is a cultural movement and type of music that became popular in the United States in the 1980s. Hip hop music originated in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s. Hip-hop artists vocalize over beats and instrumental tracks, usually consisting of repeated phrases. The use of extended drum breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. The early DJs used this technique as hip-hop dance grew in popularity. Fans began to wear hip-hop clothing, which consisted of heavy gold jewelry in the 1980s to baggy pants in the 2000s. Hip hop and rap are sometimes thought to be interchangeable, but rap involves rhythmic wordplay, which is a component of hip hop...
Hip hop is a cultural movement and type of music that became popular in the United States in the 1980s. Hip hop music originated in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s. Hip-hop artists vocalize over beats and instrumental tracks, usually consisting of repeated phrases. The use of extended drum breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. The early DJs used this technique as hip-hop dance grew in popularity. Fans began to wear hip-hop clothing, which consisted of heavy gold jewelry in the 1980s to baggy pants in the 2000s. Hip hop and rap are sometimes thought to be interchangeable, but rap involves rhythmic wordplay, which is a component of hip hop. Its popularity grew over the years as hip hop music videos entered the mainstream media and fans clamored for the latest news on the artists.
Displaying items 1-12 of 581
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
•
Next >
-
Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson and the style that lasts: R&B
Times Pop Music CriticLOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman," his third solo album, out Sept....Tags: Marvin Gaye, Fiction, Popular Music, Britney Spears, Alicia Keys
-
Detention officer shares his alter ego as dancer
The Hartford CourantIn his blue Community Partners in Action shirt, Anthony Thomas looks every inch the strait-laced juvenile detention officer. And he is that. But catch him on a Friday night in his khaki shorts and top with his sparkling star earrings as he leads a bunch...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Juvenile Delinquency, People, Government, Public Employees
-
Hip-hop star Akon plans on trial in fan-toss case
Hip-hop star Akon is headed to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan off stage at an upstate concert last summer. The 35-year-old singer asked for the jury trial during a brief appearance with his lawyer in Fishkill Town Court on Wednesday. He's...Tags: Trials, Eminem, Minor League Baseball, Court Administration, People
-
Popkorn Leads The Way
Courant Staff WriterIn his blue Community Partners in Action shirt, Anthony Thomas looks every inch the strait-laced juvenile detention officer. And he is that. But catch him on a Friday night in his khaki shorts and top with his sparkling star earrings as he leads a...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Juvenile Delinquency, People, Government, Public Employees
-
Portrait Gallery exhibit gives hip-hop a good rap
Special to The SunThe National Portrait Gallery in downtown Washington has definitely changed since its reopening in 2006. The formerly staid cultural fixture has moved into the 21st century with exhibits such as Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture, which...Tags: Tupac Shakur, Grandmaster Flash
-
Spinning original hip-hop
The godfather of a musical form nurtures, sets the bar for, and innovates that form. Afrika Bambaataa did, and continues to do so as a grand marshal of hip-hop and turntable legend. Bambaataa (a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee), who formed the...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
-
Painter eyes hip-hop's titans
From Soviet realism with a twist to portraits of American rap stars might seem something of a leap -- but not necessarily for Alexander Melamid.
The Russian-born artist has often been interested in creating more than a bit of political havoc. Known for...Tags: Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, 50 Cent
-
LL Cool J Takes Care Of Business, Spends Time With Fans
Bout it? Absolutely, when LL Cool J comes back to town. The hip-hop music icon was back in the area Wednesday, talking sports at ESPN in Bristol in the a.m. and clothes and new CDs at WZMX-FM (93.7), the Farmington radio station that sponsored a Backyard...Tags: Radio Industry, 50 Cent, ESPN
-
Morocco music festivals bring culture clash
Associated PressThis is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, but you wouldn't know it from the music festivals. The Casablanca Festival turns the commercial capital into an urban Woodstock, with masses of young people clogging the mosque-filled streets and partying to...Tags: Festive Event, Whitney Houston, Beach Vacations, People, Popular Music
-
Former Blink-182 drummer remixes career
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES—With his spiky mohawk, cluttered canvas of tattooed skin and punk-rock pedigree stretching back to childhood, Travis Barker isn't exactly pleading to be taken seriously as a hip-hop head. A former drummer for the multiplatinum-selling...Tags: Rihanna, Radio Industry, James Brown, Internet, Busta Rhymes
-
'So You Think You Can Dance': Katee has strongest night
Reality CheckCat Deeley, adorned in an extra-shiny golden mini dress, begins her nightly spiel about the long road that the contestants have taken to get to the finals. She then tells the audience that the contestants will be paired in different......Tags: Brian Setzer, Classical Music, Mia Michaels, Michael Buble, Mary Murphy
-
'So You Think You Can Dance': lots of props, plenty of awesome dancing
Reality CheckJohn-John Williams IV is in Chicago at a hotel that does not have Fox (to our disbelief). So I'm filling in and recapping a well-danced So You Think You Can Dance. There's new partnering tonight (again). Each pair will dance......Tags: Brian Setzer, Nigel Lythgoe, Gloria Estefan, Fergie, James Brown
Sep 7, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Sep 6, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Sep 3, 2008
|Story| AM New York
Sep 3, 2008
|Story| Hartford Courant
Aug 30, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Aug 29, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Aug 31, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 28, 2008
|Column| Hartford Courant
Aug 30, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Aug 8, 2008
|Blog| Baltimore Sun
Jul 25, 2008
|Blog| Baltimore Sun
