“Rapper’s Delight” is a song recorded in 1979 by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song was recorded in a single take. There are three versions of the original version of the song: 14:35 (12″ long version), 6:30 (12″ short version), and 4:55 (7″ shortened single version).

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums : Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), The Low End Theory (released in 1991); Midnight Marauders (1993); Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996); and The Love Movement (1998). All went either gold or platinum, with The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders both widely considered hip-hop classics.

Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai. 93 ’til Infinity is the debut album by Souls of Mischief and was propelled into success by its title track and lead single, which reached #72 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“I Used to Love H.E.R.” is a hip hop song by the Chicago-born rapper Common. Released on the 1994 album Resurrection, “I Used to Love H.E.R.” has since become one of Common’s best known songs. Produced by No I.D., its jazzy beat samples “The Changing World” by George Benson. A video directed by Chris Halliburton was made for this song.

“Fight the Power” is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released as a single in June 1989 on Motown Records. It was conceived at the request of film director Spike Lee, who sought a musical theme for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing.
The song incorporates various samples and allusions to African-American culture, including civil rights exhortations, black church services, and the music of James Brown.

Grand Wizzard Theodore (born March 5, 1963) is an American hip hop DJ. He is widely credited as the inventor of scratching.[1][2]

Born Theodore Livingston in Bronx, New York, Theodore’s brother, Mean Gene, was his mentor, and began to teach him the technique of DJing during his childhood years. In addition to scratching, he achieved renown for his mastery of needle drops and other techniques which he invented or perfected. Theodore also apprenticed under Grandmaster Flash.[2]

Though variants of the story exist, it is generally accepted that Grand Wizard Theodore was playing records at a high volume in his bedroom. Fed up with the noise his mother entered and ordered him to turn the music down. At this point he looked away from the turntable to face her. While his mother lectured him he continued slowly moving the record back and forth, which produced a sound all its own. When she left the room he was intrigued by the sound the vinyl made when manipulated in this fashion. After months of experimentation he introduced this technique at a party and thus the scratch was born. Every form of popular music has at one time or another used the scratching sound in a composition.

Kevin Donovan (born April 17, 1957), better known by the stage name Afrika Bambaataa, is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as “The Godfather” and “Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture,” as well as the father of electro funk. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread Hip Hop Culture throughout the world.

Clive Campbell (born 16 April 1955), also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born American DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City. His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx and to the nascent popularity of disco in the 1970s. Campbell began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record, which emphasised the drum beat—the “break”—and switch from one break to another.
Using the same two turntable set-up of disco DJs, Campbell used two copies of the same record to elongate the break. This breakbeat DJing, using hard funk and records with Latin percussion, formed the basis of hip hop music. Campbell’s announcements and exhortations to dancers helped lead to the syncopated, rhymed spoken accompaniment now known as rapping. He called his dancers “break-boys” and “break-girls”, or simply b-boys and b-girls. Campbell’s DJ style was quickly taken up by figures such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Unlike them, he never made the move into commercially recorded hip hop in its earliest years.

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), better known by his stage name DJ Premier (also known as Preem, Premo, or Primo for short), is an American record producer and DJ, and was the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, together with emcee Guru, also the half of the hip hop duo PRhyme together with Royce Da 5’9”. Born in Houston and raised in Prairie View, Texas, and Brooklyn, New York during his teen years, he has lived in Brooklyn for much of his professional career. Rolling Stone identified Premier as arguably hip hop’s greatest producer of all time.
Premier is known for producing all of Gang Starr’s songs as well as many of those composed by the Gang Starr Foundation. His work also includes production for rappers and soul artists, such as: AZ, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B, Canibus, Common, D’Angelo, D.I.T.C., Fat Joe, Game, Jay-Z , Kanye West, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, Ludacris, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, Papoose, Rakim, Royce da 5’9″, Snoop Dogg, The LOX, The Notorious B.I.G., Xzibit, Nu Metal band Limp Bizkit and Busta Rhymes.
“Ms. Fat Booty” is the first single from Mos Def’s 1999 album, Black On Both Sides, produced by Ayatollah.

Melvin Babu (born September 17, 1974), better known as DJ Babu, is a Filipino-American DJ and producer and one-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence).

DJ QBert, born Richard Quitevis on October 7, 1969, is widely regarded as the most highly skilled skratching dj that has walked this planet. His long-standing career of innovating the DJ culture has set off a worldwide generation of DJs who are now regarded as musicians and not just DJs that play records.

Joshua Paul “Josh” Davis (born June 29, 1972), better known by his stage name DJ Shadow, is an American music producer and DJ. He is a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing…… He has an exceptionally large personal record collection, with over 60,000 records.

Keith Edward Elam (July 17, 1961 – April 19, 2010), better known by his stage name Guru, was an American rapper, producer and actor best known as a member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

The Mighty Zulu Kingz was established in 1973. They were to be the official bboy crew for the Zulu Nation. This concept came about due to the fact that the five brothers, who helped Afrika Bambaataa organize The Zulu Nation, WERE ALL BBOYS! They were known as the Zulu Kings. The “FOUNDING 5″ of Zulu Kings helped Afrika Bambaataa start a small movement in his tenement housing projects called “The Bronx River Organization”, which in time was changed to “The Organization”, and eventually renamed to “Zulu Nation”, which is the name the organization still uses today. The “FOUNDING 5″ members of Zulu Kings are: AMAD HENDERSON, AZIZ JACKSON, SHAKA REED, KUSA STOKES, and ZAMBU LANER.

The current generation of MZK, the 4th generation, or “Generation 4″ came about on November 1, 2000. On this date, Afrika Bambaataa gave Alien Ness the task of bringing back the legendary name by putting together a group of dancers that will represent Zulu Kings, and this was to be done on a global scale unlike the previous generations who all resided in NYC solely. Alien Ness had a vision to not only include dancers, but to make it a Hip Hop organization that will boast the best Dancers, DJs, MCs, Producers, and Promoters worldwide.

Dyzee is a young B-Boy, a living legend, and the first fully asian/oriental B-Boy to dominate the scene by winning the international Rock Steady 2002 Anniversary in New York, along with many battles during that time. Being an originator of his own style, Dyzee was a large influence in the evolution of footwork in B-Boying and continues to be respected around the world as a young pioneer of the Hip Hop culture, while continually serving the community by organising events, teaching classes and being an inspiration to many. He recently set the Guiness Book World record for the longest B-Boy circle, where he danced for 24 hours straight while raising over 10,000 US for cancer research. Although Dyzee was only born in 1979, he already is a living legend and continues to have one of most intriguing footwork styles ever seen.

Omar is the original Red Bull BC One champ and has been Bboying for 16 years. He reps with Jive Turkeys and the Mighty Zulu Kingz! Over the past 16 years Omar has cemented his legacy into the Bboy scene world-wide. Traveling to over 25 countries while battling, teaching, judging, performing, and being featured in the award winning documentary “Inside the Circle” and inspiring Bboys all over the world.

In 2012 Omar started training seriously again and even became an event promoter. Omar and his partner Mark hold a yearly event called ART OF WAR in San Antonio, TX. The event consists of battles with all elements of Hip Hop being represented!

As the third installment in the Step Up trilogy and the first shot in 3D, the film follows Moose and Camille Gage as they head to New York University, the former dancer of whom is majoring in electrical engineering after promising his father that he would not dance anymore. However, he soon stumbles upon a dance battle, meeting Luke Katcher and his House of Pirates dance crew and later teaming up with them to compete in the World Jam dance contest against their rival, the House of Samurai dance crew.

TAKI 183 was one of the most influential graffiti writers in its history. His “tag” was short for Demetraki, a Greek alternative for his birth-name Demetrius, and the number 183 came from his address on 183rd Street in Washington Heights. He worked as a foot messenger in New York City and would write his nickname around the streets of New York City that he frequented during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

On July 21, 1971, The New York Times ran an article about him on the front page of its inside section, titled “Taki 183” Spawns Pen Pals. TAKI 183 spurred competitive vandalism in NYC as his tag was mimicked by hundreds of youth across the five boroughs. The kids who got their names up the most and who developed signature tags became known in their communities. Graffiti became a way for many young kids to try to get attention and the attention TAKI 183 received spurred this on.

In May 2009, the official TAKI 183 website was launched. The site includes photos of his work, images of his friends and contemporaries, his true story and official TAKI 183 limited-edition screenprints.

The Life Perspective” is a series of video interviews that feature individual life perspectives of various artists around the globe, who sticked with their passions, tried to master them, while inspiring the world around them.

The event features hip hop concerts, live graffiti expo, bboys and bgirls as well as DJs from all around the globe. The Legits Blast 2014 as part of Outbreak Europe Hip Hop Festival was visited by people from 64 countries. Special guests were world famous climber Mustang Wanted and the american hip hop trio Lords of the Underground, who killed the show on every level.

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