Know Your History
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Hip-Hop Pioneers – The Cold Crush Brothers (Know Your History Podcast)
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. Let’s start off today’s show with a lyric from Jay-Z and then dive back in to past to look at one of the first hip-hop crews ever. “Industry is shady, it needs to be taken over / Label owners hate me, I’m raising the…
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Michie Mee, Canada’s First Lady of Hip-Hop (Know Your History Podcast)
In 1984, a legendary music club reopened up in Times Square. Under its original name of Latin Quarter, the nightclub became the place to go for live hip-hop music. Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Eric B & Rakim, The Jungle Brothers, and Queen Latifah are just a few of…
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The Rise of the West Coast (Know Your History Podcast)
For the first few years of its existence, hip-hop was something that you had to experience live. There were no commercial recordings, no rap albums, no 12-inch singles, no rap music on the radio. You had to go out to a block party or a club to see a DJ throwing down a set. Hip-hop…
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Redefining Masculinity in Hip-Hop Part 2 (Know Your History: Episode 24)
Welcome to Know Your History. I’m your host Chase March and today we are continuing to explore masculinity in hip-hop culture.You can listen to this episode with the player below, download it for free, or just keep reading. I hope you were with us last episode as we discussed what it means to be a…
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Redefining Masculinity in Hip-Hop (Know Your History Podcast)
“I sometimes feel bad for criticizing hip-hop. But, I guess, what I’m trying to do is get us men, to just take a hard look at ourselves.” – Byron Hurt “The definition of manhood might not been the way to go anymore. We need something different, something new.” – Kevin Powell From childhood we are…
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Personification in Rap (KYH Episode 22)
Hip-hop has the power to make things come alive. Whether it is due to the process of storytelling, the persuasive message behind the song, or through an infectious rhythm or hook. Hip-hop has power. Of course, that is one of the reasons we celebrate it each and every month on this segment of DOPEfm, we…
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The Bridge Wars (Hip-Hop History Podcast: Episode 21)
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. We’re all about the music here and not about boring dates, historical figures, and battles. Wait a minute, hold that thought. Hip-hop has those things too. And unlike high school history class, I think you’ll enjoy our half hour together. Download this episode for…
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The Roxanne Wars (Know Your History: Episode 20)
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. I’m your host, Chase March, and I’ll be with you for the next thirty minutes as we explore a huge war within hip-hop. You can download this episode for free or stream it with the player below. Like most wars, this one was started…
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The Birth of the Rap Battle (Know Your History: Episode 19)
Battles are as old as hip-hop itself. The crowd was the ultimate judge when it came to the early days of this culture. Whether it was to determine who ruled the dance floor, which neighbourhood had the best deejay, or who could rock the microphone the hardest. Battles have been a staple of hip-hop since…
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Know Your History: Hip-Hop in Black and White
Earlier this year, I was approached to write an article for Word is Bond. The staff over there thought I would be a good choice to write about race relations in hip-hop as a guest contributor. We thought it would be a good idea to contrast the large white audience hip-hop has to the lack…