While history remembers many of hip-hop's artists who laid the bricks for the foundation of the genre, there are some, like Coke La Rock, who say they've been kept from reaping the rewards.
In this Oct. 28, 2011, file photo, Coke La Rock performs at the Birth of the Boom Hip Hop Festival at the Paradise Theater in New York.While history remembers many of hip-hop's artists who laid the bricks for the foundation of the genre, there are some, like Coke La Rock, who say they've been kept from reaping the rewards.
He also told a story of how he says he came up with the track, "Hotel, motel, you don't tell, we won't tell," part of which was immortalized on the first Sugarhill Gang single "Rapper's Delight," often considered one of the first mainstream hip-hop tracks."If Herc is the father of hip-hop... everybody knows that, if Herc came out of there and I picked the mic up and I came out of there. Why am I not known for that?" La Rock told ABC News Live.
In this Oct. 28, 2011, file photo, Coke La Rock and DJ Kool Herc attend the Birth of the Boom Hip Hop Festival at the Paradise Theater in New York.And even if he didn't at the time, Rosario-Richardson contended that he can actually record his famous rhymes now and file them at the copyright office. La Rock recently visited an art exhibit in Soho that included a flyer and pieces of paper from the 1970s advertising DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock's Live performances. He's hopeful that sort of evidence may have the potential to help solidify his claims on the impact he made on hip-hop.
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