Hip-Hop Culture and Rap Music

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What are the four elements of Hip-Hop culture?

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Rap Music, DJing, Break Dancing, Graffiti Art

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Who is known as the 'Father of Hip-Hop'?

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DJ Kool Herc

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What role did MCs initially have in Hip-Hop culture?

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Introducing DJ's and interacting with the audience

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What is 'The Break' in rap music?

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The climatic part of the record that DJ's emphasize and repeat

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Who is said to have accidentally invented the method of 'scratching'?

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DJ Grand Wizard Theodore

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What technology advanced rap music in the late 1980's?

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Drum machine and sampled sounds

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What are the three main characteristics of rap music?

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Lyrics spoken in rhythmic patterns, poetic & rhyming lyrics, strong musical beat

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What is the role of DJing in a rap song?

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Laying down the strong rhythmic beat

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What did rap songs initially talk about?

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Hardships and challenges faced by black people in the Bronx

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During which era did rappers come to be known as musical innovators? Options: Golden Era, Old School Hip Hop, Late 1980's, The Break

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Golden Era