Hip to the Hop


 

Hip What? Hop Where?

Objectives:

• Discover facts about Hip Hop artists and the history of this art form.

Use the links below to answer each of the following questions. As you find the answers type them into this Microsoft Word Document if you are in the 5th grade or older. OR if you are in the 4th grade or younger you can use this Microsoft Word Document. To open these documents just click them and in the window that opens click open.

1. When did Hip Hop music first come into being? Meaning, around what year did Hip Hop start. Also, in what city did Hip Hop start?

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2. What is Grand Master Flash credited with creating? Hint: it used to be called "cutting." (To find the answer to this question drag the lightning bolt to the turn table raise).

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3. Where did DJ Cool Herc come from? Also, if you are in the fourth grade or higher, tell me what he created. !TIP!: you might need some help opening the timeline page. After you click the link below, click where it says "Launch The Time Line."

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4. List the types of people who were members of Zulu Nation. Hint: the year 1977 on the timeline.

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5. In what year did RUN-D.M.C. release their first album. !TIP!: Be sure to listen to some of their music and perhaps even watch the video.

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6. What was the first name used by Salt-N-Pepper. HINT: the year is 1985

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7. In 1986 who released the album "Licensed to Ill?"

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8. In 1990 what Hip Hop artist had his own action figure?

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9. What Hip Hop artist, who was a former member of "The Digital Underground," became very famous when he went solo? Hint: You all know who this guy is and he was later very tragically slain.

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10. Who was it that released the track 'Rock It'? For you older students, tell me why this was important for Hip Hop music in the mainstream?

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11. List three Hip Hop pioneers, meaning: three people or bands that were some of the first Hip Hop artists. Make sure one of them is the first Muslim in Hip Hop music.

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12. List four things you find interesting on this website.

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