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Rap

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Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling (music and...
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Sugar Hill Records

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Launched in 1979 by industry veterans Sylvia and Joe Robinson as a label for rap music (at that time a new genre), Sugar Hill Records,...
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Run-DMC

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Run-DMC, also spelled Run-D.M.C., an American rap group that brought hip-hop into the musical and cultural mainstream, introducing what became known as “new-school” rap. The...
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Def Jam Records

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Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons managed several pioneer hip-hop acts, including Run-D.M.C., through their Rush Management agency, and in 1984 they set up their own...
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Gangsta rap

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Gangsta rap, a form of hip-hop music that became the genre’s dominant style in the 1990s, is a reflection, and product of the often violent...
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Death Row Records

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Death Row Records was a prominent American record label founded in 1991 by Marion “Suge” Knight and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young. The label played a...
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Break dancing

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Break dancing, an energetic form of dance, popularized by African Americans and U.S. Latinos, includes stylized footwork and athletic moves such as spinning on the...
International

Gorée Island

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Gorée Island, located two miles from the Senegalese capital, Dakar, was a critical trading port for Europeans and played a major role as an entrepot...