Hip-Hop Was Born in New York City, But Its Roots Are in the Caribbean
The relationship between the DJ and his MC derived from a Jamaican “toasting” tradition and its related “sound clash” culture.
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The relationship between the DJ and his MC derived from a Jamaican “toasting” tradition and its related “sound clash” culture.
The relationship between the DJ and his MC derived from a Jamaican “toasting” tradition and its related “sound clash” culture.
By: Manning Marable EDITOR’S NOTE: this essay was written on November 12, 2007 and is published posthumously here for the first time. The recent [...]
Mary Wilson, centre, with Florence Ballard, left, and Diana Ross. Photograph: PA Wire In November 1969, Diana Ross announced her departure from the Supremes. It was not an entirely unexpected turn of events for anyone who knew about the internal workings of Motown Records. From the moment in 1963 when label boss Berry Gordy began taking an interest in the trio – whose seven singles to date had met with such commercial indifference they’d become known around Hitsville USA as the No-Hit Supremes – it was obvious who he thought the groupâ...