It was nominated in the New Times 1998 " Best Latin Influenced " category, the BAM Magazine 1999 " Best Rock en Español " category, and the LA Weekly 1999 " Best Hip Hop " category.

Between 1980-1985 a few Dutch Hip Hop records had already been released, but in 1986 Dutch rap duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven ( Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen ) had a major top 10 hit ( often # 1 ) across Europe with their " Holiday Rap ", which sampled Madonna's " Holiday ".

He also shot three of the most expensive music videos ever in the history of Dutch Hip Hop and through a management deal with Cilvaringz, performed in 34 countries worldwide.

The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, " From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale ".

Hip Hop first emerged in the South Bronx in the early 1970s.

While it was not the actual " Birthplace of Hip Hop " – the genre developed slowly in several places in the 1970s – it was verified to be the place where one of the pivotal and formative events occurred.

Hush Hip Hop Tours has established a sightseeing tour of the Bronx showcasing the locations that helped shape hip hop culture and has the pioneers of hip hop as tour guides.

* Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop ( 1989 )

* He is prominently featured in Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, a 2006 documentary by Byron Hurt.

The four main elements of Hip Hop culture are graffiti, DJing, breakdancing, and MCing ( rapping ).

* 1980 – Nick Speed, American Hip Hop producer

Hip Hop music became all the more famous with the song ' Pettai Rap ' from the Tamil movie Kadhalan starring Prabhu Deva.

Rap / Hip Hop was often used in the regional movies as fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs.

London based The Rishi Rich Project, Bally Sagoo and Canadian based Raghav further laid steady foundations for Hip Hop / RnB music in India.

Machas With Attitude are one of the most popular Hip Hop group in India and are famous for their songs in movies like Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge and Aayirathil Oruvan ( 2010 film ).

Machas With Attitude were pioneers in mixing the south Indian elements in Hip Hop.

He also worked for Sirius Satellite Radio on the Classic Old School Hip Hop station Backspin 43.

As Founder of The Hip Hop Church, Kurtis serves as rapper, DJ, worship leader and licensed minister.

* Kurtis Blow Presents: Hip Hop Ministry ( 2007, EMI Gospel )

*** Outstanding National Hip Hop Writer / Producer ( Winner )

Mellow Man, referred to as the " Godfather of Latin rap " and a Hip Hop Hall of Fame inductee, brought mainstream attention to Spanglish rhyming with his 1989 platinum single " Mentirosa ".

The film will be based on Marl and the Juice Crew in the late 80's the golden era of Hip Hop.

* Hip Hop Dictionary ( 2000 )

After leaving university, he began working as a DJ in 1985 with his " Mongolian Hip Hop Show " on pirate radio station Network 21 in London-the handle Mixmaster Morris was suggested by the station director.

Hip Hop label Big Dada was set up by journalist and writer Will Ashon in 1997.

One of the main influences on Hip Hop artists was James Brown.

Like much of the Hip Hop from the United States, many French hip hop artists use the genre to address pressing social issues.

Hip hop is a way for artists to express these feelings.

* Italian Hip Hop Portal which includes a large database of Italian as well as International ( mainly US ) artists

In addition to playing piano and Hammond organ with the Heartbreakers, Tench is also known as a skilled session musician, having recorded with dozens of notable artists, including Johnny Cash, U2, Elisa, Stevie Nicks, Lucinda Williams, Sam Phillips, You Am I, Susanna Hoffs, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, The Rolling Stones, Don Henley, John Prine, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Waylon Jennings, Paul Westerberg, X, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Carlene Carter, The dB's, Alanis Morissette, The Ramones, The Screaming Trees, The Tragically Hip, The Divinyls, The Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, The Cult, The Jayhawks, Dave Rawlings, Fiona Apple, Lone Justice, Sean Watkins, New Found Glory, Tift Merritt, Peter Case, Neil Diamond, Ryan Adams and Powderfinger, Naughty Sweeties City of Glass, as well as many others.

Hip hop artists such as Mobb Deep have sampled 1980s synthpop songs.

Hip hop artists such as The Roots and Common, associated with the Soulquarians, released albums that incorporated neo soul, Phrenology ( 2002 ) and Electric Circus ( 2003 ).

The style of music closely resembles American Rap, Hip Hop, RnB, Soul and other international music genres. Despite that original artists were also produced who even up to now can also stand their own, such artists include Alexio Kawara, Q Montana, Mokoomba and Nehoreka who have come up with their own type of sound, but still maintaining the Zimbabwean feel.

The two communities were often referred to as one " Corona / East Elmhurst " and is the childhood home of the first African American US Attorney General, Eric Holder, to Rap ( Hip Hop ) artists Kid n ' Play, Kwamé, Salt-n-Pepa and Kool G Rap, and is home to Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, New York State Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry and Jimmy Heath recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger.

The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood has been a hotbed successful Hip Hop artists, including Junior M. A. F. I. A.

Awesome Dre and the Hard Core Committee along with Prince Vince and the Hip Hop Force were among the first wave of Detroit artists.

For more info on the Hip Hop / Soul scene in Indy try artists such as BPN, Black Box Ent., Ku-Dos the Kid, Z00 Krew Band, Trip Trae ; and Calvin Crabtree with his South Central Indiana style of rap.

He has produced for popular rap artists on the West Coast, East Coast, Desi, and Latin Hip Hop scene.

However, by the end of the decade there was a fragmentation, with many new forms of music and sub-cultures, including Hip Hop and House music, while the single charts were once again dominated by pop artists, now often associated with the Hi-NRG hit factory of Stock Aitken Waterman.

Notable artists during the first half of the 1990s included the thrash metal group Sanatorium, the metal band Verka which is still active and whose music includes elements from traditional Macedonian folk music as well as parts from the famous Kopačka folk dance, the alternative rock bands Suns, Last Expedition, The Hip, Balkan Express, Decadence, Vodolija, Nikeja, the punk rockers Rok Agresori and Parketi, and D ' Daltons, which was initially a rockabilly act.

Hip Hop would become a multicultural movement in young black America, led by artists such as Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC.

Popular Hip hop artists of the 1980s include Run D. M. C., Beastie Boys, NWA, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B.

Popular Hip hop artists of the 1980s include Run D. M. C., Beastie Boys, NWA, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B.

Artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, OutKast, The Black Eyed Peas, T. I., Kanye West, Nelly, Nas, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, The Game and Ludacris were among the dominant mainstream hip hop artists to have represented the Hip hop genre for the decade.

By the end of the decade this sound began to decline in popularity as well as the dance-crazes that came along with them, as pioneer hip hop artists such as Ice T and Nas, with his 2006 song " Hip Hop Is Dead " brought dislike to the new path hip hop was directing.

However, by the end of the decade a fragmentation has been observed, with many new forms of music and sub-cultures, including Hip Hop and House music, while the single charts were once again dominated by pop artists, now often associated with the Hi-NRG hit factory of Stock Aitken Waterman.

In 2006, Rawkus signed with RED, a Sony Music distribution company and reemerged with a new line up of notable independent Hip Hop artists including The Procussions, Panacea, Mr. J. Medeiros and Kidz in the Hall, among others.

The Rawkus 50, according to the promotional materials, is a group of " the 50 next important Hip hop artists.