“A lot of people aren’t really fully aware of how Chicago Black music as a whole directly and indirectly impacted hip-hop, whether that’s through gospel, R&B, soul and our own hip-hop innovations” BlackVoicesWTTW
In 1973, DJ Kool Herc set two copies of James Brown’s “Sex Machine” album on the turntables at a Bronx house party and tried out his innovative technique of cutting and mixing songs at the drum breaks. Those break beats not only got the party started, they started a revolution as the foundation of hip-hop. Fifty years later, the genre has become an inextricable part of American music and culture.
And while West is only one of the superstar rappers to come out of Chicago — Pope name-checked Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest and Twista, among others — historically speaking, Chicago has not gotten much credit for its contributions to the genre, said music and culture journalist Mark Braboy.
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