quoted 5 lines As scenester as>As scenester as
>this is going to sound, no one "created" hip-hop, the city created hip-hop,
>and by Bambattaa taking credit for that, unneccesary and unattainable icons
>were created in the hip-hop community, when hip-hop never needed to have
>icons or be icons in the first place.
yes, the economic/political/social conditions in the south bronx fostered
hip-hop's development, but afrika bambaataa WAS a critical figure in its
growth. he started the zulu nation, which urged kids to use spray cans,
turntables, microphones, and their bodies instead of guns to say "fuck the
system." he, along with dj kool herc (and his "herculords") WERE icons in a
time hip-hop DID NEED them.
zachary
zim200@is7.nyu.edu
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