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...
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, an American group that was instrumental in the development of hip-hop music. The members were Grandmaster Flash (original name...
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...
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...
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...
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...