Basil was one of the first in the dance industry to bring hip hop dance to a broad audience. We blew right past 11 famous hip hop dancers and gave you twelve of the dancers, crews and entertainers who are among the best known and most influential in the hip hop world. Hip hop is a dynamic style with new artists discovered every day.
Chicago hip-hop artists would later use house tracks to create a sub-genre called hip house. Tyree Cooper and Fast Eddie get credit for this inventive mashup. New York hip hop gained momentum in the 1980s and defined the genre in its first ten years. Then the West Coast rappers brought their own style onto the national scene, and the race
Rapper Dres' deep love for music is what makes the new Paramount+ documentary, The Choice Is Yours, a must-see.. Andres "Dres" Vargas-Titus was the lyricist at the forefront of the New York hip-hop group Black Sheep with William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. The highly respected duo quickly rose to fame after the release of their debut album, A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing.
Salt-n-Pepa is a hip hop trio from Queens, New York. The group, consistis of Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and originally Latoya Hanson who was replaced by Deidra Roper as "DJ Spinderella". Formed in 1985, the group was one of the first all-female hip hop groups. Salt-n-Pepa changed the look of hip hop with their
A Hip-Hop Dance Crew's Frabjous Reign in Las Vegas. The Jabbawockeez, with their something-for-everyone approach, proved that an ensemble of anonymous, masked dancers could pull in crowds. The
In the early 1990s, hip-hop was on the verge of being its broadest. Hip-hop had grown far beyond its origins in the Bronx, as acts like Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, and De La Soul drew listeners outside New York's five boroughs.Elsewhere, a legion of MCs from L.A., the Bay, and the South were cementing their legacies.. Amidst the plethora of sonic riches of hip-hop's golden age
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