Hiphop Music Rumours & Trivia

Hiphop Music Rumours & Trivia Author: Luke Thomsen As every good thing is either inspired or stolen, Hiphop is also not an original music style but goes with the former one. Rap music inspired this form of music and also resulted into birth of many... More

Hiphop Music Rumours & Trivia Author: Luke Thomsen As every good thing is either inspired or stolen, Hiphop is also not an original music style but goes with the former one. Rap music inspired this form of music and also resulted into birth of many sub-genres, now emerging into successful industries. It is also said that Reggae was the root for hip-hop rather then the reverse. There are many stories about this style being given the name hip hop. It is said that the term “hiphop” was first coined in 1974 by MC Lovebug Starski and it was also used by by Black Spades from the legendary Afrika Bambaata gang. Other story says that this slang was first used in The SugarHill Gang’s song “Rapper’s delight” and some argue Space Cowboy coined the term. The list is further joined by William Stern Sara and Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, an original member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Even the invention of “scratching” technique has an interesting story behind it. Grandmaster Theodor Less