You didn't answer, but I will answer it AGAIN! It was Disco. You don't see the coincidence of disco coming from NYC, disco was about the DJ, and his sound and system. Disco was about dancing, and having different dance moves. Disco was about the mc sounding like a radio DJ. All of these things is what made hip hop what it became, just an extension with more rapping, more about DJ techniques, and more about the dancing. How can you not see this?
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As in there was a large wave of British West Indians in Harlem from 1900s-1930s that assimilated into the greater African American population. There's a lot of AA New Yorkers whose grandparents are from Barbados, Antigua or the Virgin Islands etc.
I never heard the founders say they were influenced by reggae,or scatting. They all said the influence were radio DJs, James Brown, disco(the sound systems, and music), and funk jazz music. I'm not talking about the people who came after kool herc but the people who he imitated.
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Why didn't hip hop start in Chicago or Detroit or DC or any other cities then? Unless you are arguing that disco was only popular in NYC
well that got absorbed. its still something interesting and something thats overlooked. like in Miami, a quarter of the black population in the early 1900s were Bahamians. don't you wonder why West Indians overwhelming went to NYC and not someplace warmer? its because of jobs and the previous wave having gone there
You answered your own question with those quotes.
1. Lupita is an African woman, not a black woman.
2. I was referring to her fanbase with the word crispy, not her personally.
3. I was defending a black woman from a white woman worshipper. I was uplifting a black woman right there.
4. Oh one girl is suppose to be women now? Where are the other girls? Also shes a black american woman whether you like it or not.
Stop lying your ass off, it's obvious from your posts that you don't like dark people.
I think it had more to do with the fact that Cuba and America were at odds with each other during the Cold War. When US-Cuban relations improve in the future...I don't think Black American Revolutionaries are gonna be able to use the island as a refuge anymore.
so you are claiming that disco was only popular in New York and blacks in other cities were not listening to it
No they weren't.
I'm not talking about the disco that was associated with gays, I'm talking about the disco that didn't have a name. It was called Disco when it became popular. Disco was an older people thing. Meaning you had to get dressed up, go to a club, and pay money to get in the party. This form of disco helped create hip hop.
This is bullshyt. They call themselves/others black and have been using the term since at latest the 19th century. Black people are legally black (official census data) in African nations.
