While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first rap song experience and how the moment resonated with them.
In honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary, music icon LL Cool J is headlining his first tour in 30 years called "The F.O.R.C.E. Live Tour".Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. Whilecelebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing rap and how the moment resonated with them.
, another group of legends and young stars reminisce about connecting with rap by hearing songs by acts like Tupac Shakur, Grandmaster Flash, 2 Live Crew or Run-D.M.C.The home for all things classic and timeless hip-hop is today. Fox 5 NY's Stephanie Bertini is live at Forest Hills.Chuck D attends PBS and Chuck D host"Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World" Special Preview at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on January 23, 2023 in New York City.
For Queen Latifah, "Rapper’s Delight" was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song "While the Oscar-nominated actor can be seen chasing bad guys on CBS’ "The Equalizer," many forget her roots as a rapper, with hits like "U.N.I.T.Y. and "Just Another Day.
"From then on, I loved rap. In 1979, when I first heard The Sugarhill Gang, I wanted to be a rapper. I would play around with it. … We grew up on New York rap. All of us did. We wanted to be hip-hop. We wanted to breakdance. We did it all. Roxanne Shante’s first rap experience didn’t come in song form. She was introduced to hip-hop through the late comedian-poet Nipsey Russell.
It’s 1979. Too Short was around 13 years old. He normally listened to a variety of funk songs ranging from the Ohio Players’ "Love Rollercoaster" and Funkadelic's "Knee Deep." Then one day at his father’s house, he heard "Rapper’s Delight" blaring through a stereo system. Fresh then added: "I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point."FOX 5’s Ryan Kristafer met Swizz at his music studios in New York City.Kid Capri performs on stage during the Urban League Live dance party at House Of Blues on July 27, 2023 in Houston, Texas.
Yes, "Rapper’s Delight" was the first-ever rap song Method Man ever heard. But the first hip-hop song that really resonated with him was Run-D.M.C.’s ""I had never heard this record and I thought I was up on everything at the time," Method Man said of the 1983 song, which proceeded Run-D.M.C.'s first single "It’s Like That" from their self-titled album. He said "Sucker MCs" helped pave a way to usher in a new school of hip-hop artists.
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