

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. You can keep up with his work, radio and more at his site,. It's the last time you'll hear him on this show. Unidentified Man #5: (Rapping) Peace, peace, peace…īRAND: That was NPR's Christopher Johnson. Hip-hop is more than a musical genreit’s a culture. One of the first was Renegade, a dance choreographed to K-Camp’s Lottery by 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon.


On Instagram, Dubsmash, and TikTok, dance challenges set to popular songs have racked up millions of views. JOHNSON: So you can visualize that's some fingers being thrown up, the deuce. It’s the 2020s, and hip-hop dances have gone viral. Unidentified Man #5: (Rapping) And we're out of here… Unidentified Man #2: Draw out the peace sign. HOWELL: This primacy of rhythm is what drives our semantic innovation. Unidentified Man #3: (Rapping) He's a mouse (unintelligible) like a runaway slave. HOWELL: My guess is that it's based on rhythm. Unidentified Group: (Singing) We can shake the spot… And now, it's gotten the point where we just. My uncle, he always just - he just says, easy, which could be, you know, take it easy. It might be something that extends to people of African descent wherever they are. I mean, see you later, or holler at me, catch you later, you know what I mean? HOWELL: Yeah, like I got something stuck in my. Unidentified Man #2: Like you're trying to burp. Sometimes I just pound on my chest twice. HOWELL: Sometimes, you know, I don't even say nothing. Unidentified Man #1: The shell (unintelligible) off the shell, yo. ALLEN: Let's bounce, which is one I like for the picture it could make. And when you're about to leave, you're about to scrape, about to bounce. Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture. When you have a car, it's called a scraper. The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning, and Power. JOHNSON: Youth Radio's King Anyi Howell tuned me in to how younger folks part company on the streets in the Bay area. KING ANYI HOWELL (Youth Radio): In Oakland, we say scrape. Unidentified Man: (Singing) And now Audi five, running red lights… ALLEN: Audi 5000 being a make of car that was popular at the time. HARRY ALLEN (Hip-Hop Activist and Journalist): People say, I'm out. Why don’t you be kicking some records about, y’know, the upliftment of the Blacks Another asks why Black Sheep is silent about the eating of the dolphins.

JOHNSON: Culture critic and self-proclaimed media assassin, Harry Allen. Unidentified group: (Rapping) And sick and I'm out, peace out…
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Unidentified group: (Rapping) Now, I look free When I'm out (And I'm out) We have, Please Educate All Children Every day. We got, Power Equality Always C Everything. Poverty and Education Always Correct Errors. RZA: Over the years, I've made about 50 of those up. He's flipped the standard goodbye - peace - into all sorts of acronyms. JOHNSON: Wu-Tang Clan co-founder and slang doctor RZA. RZA (Co-Founder, Wu-Tang Clan): Peace, I think, is one of the best ways to depart with somebody. Unidentified group: (Rapping) The guys don't stop Until it's time to save face… Fortunately, I love hip hop, and rappers have made up all sorts of goodbyes, so I'll let them do the talking. JOHNSON: I've always been bad at goodbyes. Here is NPR's Christopher Johnson with just a few of them.ĬHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: OK, how do I put this? I have to go. In the world of hip hop, there are a thousand and one ways to bid farewell. Whoever said it's hard to say goodbye probably never checked out a rap record. The Power Of Words Novem7 min Strap yourselves in for this funtastic mini episode from Hip Hop Harry In this one, Amirah & Samantha get some advice from Sophina & Hip Hop Harry. Welcome to the Official Hip Hop Harry YouTube Channel! We post new content every week, which can be compilations, Dance Challenges, Nursery Rhymes, etc.I'm Madeleine Brand.
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Stream Season 1 Full Episodes on Amazon Prime. Hip Hop Harry is going to teach you about the letter C with this fun sing-along song! He is going to use phonics to teach you all about the letter with words "Cat" and "Cup". "The Letter C" abc song for kids from Hip Hop Harry!
