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You may have noticed the abundance of Hip Hop stars in film today but that’s not the only way the genre is affecting popular culture. Watch any young channel on your http://www.directstartv.com/ lineup and see some of hip hop’s greatest contributions:
Cars: Hip Hop was one of the first musical genres to really brag about cars – the make, the model, the cost. Particularly in LA where rap is biggest, cars have become the ultimate status symbol.
Language: Undoubtedly, hip hop has influenced the language of the US in many ways. Slang terms, profanity and nicknames are all things that have swelled in popularity since the genre took off back in the 80s, so much so there are websites and college courses dedicated solely to understanding the words of hip hop.
Music Videos: Hip Hop isn’t usually credited for the rise of the music video but starting with Run DMC the genre made this medium into an art form. Sure, videos were already taking off on MTV but so many iconic videos are from hip hop artists – think “Baby Got Back”

The 90s of Hip-Hop were a great time for diversity as well as building upon the lyrical prowess as well as social issues of the time. There are a few iconic rappers that molded the future of this style of Hip-Hop Music.

Tupac Shakur was a well known rapper born in Harlem, but raised in Baltimore that later lived in California. He is a very influential rapper that has parents that were apart of the Black Panther Read the rest of this entry »

Whether it reminds you of a hard core hip hop dance or to you it’s just a term for getting crazy and simultaneously drunk, “crunk’ is here to stay. But who’s got the top spot on the crunk bunk? I suppose that depends a lot on whether you are a mainstream crunkster or if you’re hard core. Let’s go the mainstream route here just to be pleasant.

The first name that comes to mind is Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz who produced mega-hit ” Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop started in the South Bronx around 1973-1974 by a Jamaican DJ named Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc. He was contributed with not only extending the breakdown section of the record, but bringing all the elements of Hip-Hop (Graffiti, Emceeing, B-Boying, and Deejaying) together in the party. However, it was Afrika Bambaataa that actually coined the phrase Hip-Hop (Hip meaning to know; Hop meaning to move).

Graffiti and B-Boying were the first major introductions in the mainstream for the early 80s as both were very stunning visually. However, emceeing started to become more popular in the downtown areas Read the rest of this entry »

The top artists are among men and women like Game, Nicki Minaj, Rasheeda, Drake, Jay-z, Ludicris, B.O.B. and Fabolous. Their pumping out sounds that even those weary of Hip Hop can’t help but listen in awe. The R.E.D. Album is super dope and so are Game’s previous sounds. But the five most influential men in Hip Hop are not only artists they are also producers.

DJ Premier (Christopher Martin of Texas) is one of the most influential producers of Hip Hop. His roster of Read the rest of this entry »