Hip Hop History- Blake

Kool DJ Herc Merry Go Round

- instrumental songs and looping it with other songs

Grandmaster Flash

- hood is a jungle
- surprised he hasn't gone crazy

Kurtis Blow

- using the audience
- got everyone dancing

Ice T 

- police
- city streets made him

Rakim I aint no joke 

- don't talk him lightly he's the real deal ( message)
- Dj'ing
- B-boying
- Graffitti

Slick Rick

- telling a story
-1st person
- robbing people

Nuthin' but a G Thang

- smoother
- beats calmer
- come up for Snoop and Dre

Public Enemy

- political



Queen latifah

- standing up to men
- telling girls they aren't b***h or a hoe

Krs One

- where they come from

DMX

- hardcore
- tough guys
- lifting weights
- riding motorcycles without shirts

Macklemore

- Be who you are
- Hip Hop against gays
- shouldn't be discriminated

Mos Def

- Education is everything
- blacks are more unemployed
- political