User:Kevin.Sims001/Hip-Hop Evolution

Hip-Hop Evolution features in-depth, personal interviews with the progenitors of DJing, rapping, and production, culminating in what is now taken to be hip hop music and rap, adding to the existing understanding of hip-hop's earliest decades. Such original artists, producers, DJs, and promoters include DJ Kool Herc, Coke La Rock, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Fab Five Freddy, Marley Marl, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini, Warp 9, DJ Hollywood, Spoonie Gee, The Sugarhill Gang, and Russell Simmons.

The first episode documents the history of the inceptive hip-hop party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx where DJ Kool Herc, who thus emerged as a godfather of the tradition, DJed his sister's birthday party.[6]

The series went on to feature some of the most influential artists of the genre, without whom its current form would not exist, such as Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, N.W.A, Ice-T, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and LL Cool J, as well as documenting Schooly D, from Philadelphia, as the influence for gangsta rap on the West Coast, as told by the words of Ice T. It limits its telling of the history at that point, as it documents that was the turning point in which Hip Hop had turned from an underground movement within music to a mainstream genre, that ripples its influence throughout contemporary culture. The first thing that I did was find an article that I was interested in and then figure out if the sources that are reliable to talk about the hip-hop evolution.

After looking at multiple websites such as, theodysessyonline.com, thedailybeast.com, and hiphopevolution.com; these sources were able to support my claim of how hip-hop has changed overtime. Most of the websites that I looked on talks about the different times that hip-hop has changed and the origin of some of the most famous music moguls. Additionally, this included the style of the music, the lyrics that were being said, the fashion, and of course the impact that it has brought on to its audience. After doing the research, it displayed how over each decade, the way Hip Hop has evolved. Majority of the influence and visuals was looked upon as being bad for adolescents to witness. In the beginning, people believed that this genre of music was simply a phase and was going to die out sooner than later. However, it has been 41 years and hip-hop music is still making an impact. Kevin.Sims001 (talk) 13:10, 10 March 2020 (UTC)Kevin Sims