Mziki wa Hip Hop duniani ulianzishwa miaka 40,
iliyopita huko nchini Marekani na DJ KOOL HERC, akiwa na msikaji wake DJ TONY
TONE, ndiye aliyekuwa akiucheza mziki huu, ambao kwa sasa umeshika chati
duniani na kuwafanya wasanii wengi kujikwamua kimaisha.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the day
Clive "Kool Herc"
Campbell threw his first party in the function room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the
South Bronx. While that Kool Herc back-to-school party marks the official
beginnings of the global culture we call hip-hop, what the mainstream media at
large now calls "hip-hop" is a far cry from the creative culture that
emerged following the gang truce between the warring tribes of the South Bronx.
When most people say "hip-hop" what they're actually talking about is
rap. Even then, they're usually referring to mainstream rap music by rappers on
major labels, which are currently experiencing what might be their overall low
point in both quality and creativity. Rap was a force that united people, spoke
truth to power and entertained at the same time. Now it exists almost solely to
maintain the status quo and promote moneyed interests. Hip-hop has a number of fathers based on your
understanding and knowledge of it; Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa were the two
young men in the South Bronx throwing jams in the parks, schools and community
centers, but Pete DJ Jones was the man in the clubs. Many credit him with being
the first to have a rapper/emcee (TJ Hollywood, before Coke La Rock began
rapping as a Herculord) and the first to play two copies of the same record.
The formation of Bambaataa's Zulu Nation in 1973 aided in the spread of the
culture throughout the Bronx and the outer-boroughs of New York City. The four
original elements of hip-hop culture were all in existence by the time of Kool
Herc's party, but the mainstream media acknowledged them each separately.
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