I just came across this article and apparently cacs are responsible for the birth of hip hop. 
Exposin
From birth, we are taught to believe myths. We start off believing fables about tooth fairies and an old fat dude in a red suit ridin around the hood in a red sleigh pulled by a red nosed reindeer. As we grow older and enter the mis-educational system, we are indoctrinated by stories about a lost sailor named Chris discovering America and an honest opportunist named Abe freeing the slaves. We are also programmed to believe the urban legend that the Hip Hop of today comes out of the hood.
It may come as a shock for some but the Hip Hop that is played on the radio today owes more to the campus of Harvard than it does the streets of Harlem . Most Hip Hop fans can recite, verbatim, the often parroted propaganda about how Hip Hop started in the parks of the Bronx in the late 70?s and went on to become the global enterprise that it is today. Like most myths, there is a shred of truth in this hype, however, the whole truth is hidden from the masses.
One flip through the pages of books like The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop by Dan Charnas and one sees how quickly the focus on Grandmaster Flash spinin in the Bronx switches to stories about Maury, the mild mannered accountant thinking of a master plan to have his multi- national company exploit the talents of ghetto youth.
Contrary to the popular belief that commercial Hip Hop is the brainchild of mix masters in the hood , in reality, much of the credit goes to the masterminds at Ivy League schools. While it is, indeed, true that Hip Hop originated in the Big Apple, the moment that Rappers Delight was played outside of the five boroughs, the corporate takeover of Hip Hop began.
Later, as interest in Hip Hop spread throughout the world, the people who were largely responsible for defining what Hip Hop is or is not were not the neighborhood scribes but Ivy League brainiacs who interpreted the street lingo of the Chocolate cities for the Vanilla suburbs. Although, rap is promoted as being the voice of the streets, it is interesting that the founders of Hip Hops premier magazine , the Source, Dave Mays and Jon Schector, as well as early members of The Mind Squad formed the magazine while they were students at Harvard during the late 80?s.
Exposin
From birth, we are taught to believe myths. We start off believing fables about tooth fairies and an old fat dude in a red suit ridin around the hood in a red sleigh pulled by a red nosed reindeer. As we grow older and enter the mis-educational system, we are indoctrinated by stories about a lost sailor named Chris discovering America and an honest opportunist named Abe freeing the slaves. We are also programmed to believe the urban legend that the Hip Hop of today comes out of the hood.
It may come as a shock for some but the Hip Hop that is played on the radio today owes more to the campus of Harvard than it does the streets of Harlem . Most Hip Hop fans can recite, verbatim, the often parroted propaganda about how Hip Hop started in the parks of the Bronx in the late 70?s and went on to become the global enterprise that it is today. Like most myths, there is a shred of truth in this hype, however, the whole truth is hidden from the masses.
One flip through the pages of books like The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop by Dan Charnas and one sees how quickly the focus on Grandmaster Flash spinin in the Bronx switches to stories about Maury, the mild mannered accountant thinking of a master plan to have his multi- national company exploit the talents of ghetto youth.
Contrary to the popular belief that commercial Hip Hop is the brainchild of mix masters in the hood , in reality, much of the credit goes to the masterminds at Ivy League schools. While it is, indeed, true that Hip Hop originated in the Big Apple, the moment that Rappers Delight was played outside of the five boroughs, the corporate takeover of Hip Hop began.
Later, as interest in Hip Hop spread throughout the world, the people who were largely responsible for defining what Hip Hop is or is not were not the neighborhood scribes but Ivy League brainiacs who interpreted the street lingo of the Chocolate cities for the Vanilla suburbs. Although, rap is promoted as being the voice of the streets, it is interesting that the founders of Hip Hops premier magazine , the Source, Dave Mays and Jon Schector, as well as early members of The Mind Squad formed the magazine while they were students at Harvard during the late 80?s.
