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1. Who is the creator of breakbeat, the music style foundational to hip-hop?
2. What happened to the Bronx in the 1960s?
3. How many gangs existed in the Bronx in the 1970s?
4. What was the name of Afrika Bambaataa’s crew?
5. Which President’s economic policies wreaked havoc on Black and Latinx communities in the early 1980s?
6. What manufactured hip-hop song became the first rap song to be played on the radio?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What are the four elements of hip-hop, and how did each element contribute to the formation of hip-hop culture?
2. What were pioneer DJs in the Bronx trying to achieve?
3. Why is Chapter 5 titled “Hip-Hop Is Dead”?
Paired Resource
Afrika Bambaataa – “Planet Rock”