Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
by
Marcus Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into the Black Power movement which begat the Black Arts movement. Fast forward to 1979 and the release of Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight."...