Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History

Multiple Choice

1. D (Various chapters)

2. B (Chapter 19)

3. C (Chapter 1)

4. A (Various chapters)

5. B (Chapter 3)

6. A (Chapter 17)

7. B (Chapter 16)

8. A (Chapter 2)

9. C (Chapter 3)

10. D (Chapter 6)

11. B (Chapter 16)

12. D (Chapter 15)

13. D (Chapter 9)

14. B (Chapter 16)

15. A (Chapter 9)

Long Answer

1. Hip-hop expanded out of the Bronx as artists began touring and spreading their music around the country and the world. Afrika Bambaataa was the first hip-hop artist to tour outside of New York. Further expansion happened as hip-hop found its way into clubs, onto MTV, and achieved more and more record deals. (Chapter 18)

2. DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa are considered the pioneers of hip-hop. DJ Kool Herc borrowed the two-turntable method of DJing from Disco clubs to create breakbeat and added MCing to create rap music. Afrika Bambaataa was the first to combine hip-hop and electronica, effectively merging white and Black music together. Both started out in the Bronx as members of gangs. (Various chapters)

3. The sampler changed hip-hop forever because it allowed artists to utilize sounds from other songs as well as unconventional sounds that were not previously used in music. Finding samples for new songs became a culture all its own, and competitions arose to see who could create the most unique songs. (Chapters 8, 14)

4. In 1970s hip-hop, DJs and MCs played for free to build a reputation. Another way they built up their reputation was through graffiti. People would tag their names on buildings and other public property, and it became a game of who could put their tag in the most outrageous places. It expanded into a full-blown artform that included artful political messages. (Chapter 4)

5. Loop 1 describes the birth of hip-hop and how it first began to change and expand out of the Bronx. Loop 2 describes hip-hop crossing over into white culture, the political messages it began to communicate, and how it expanded into the West Coast. Loop 3 describes the LA Riots, women in hip-hop, gangsta rap, and the East Coast-West Coast feud that resulted in the deaths of Tupac and Biggie. Loop 4 describes hip-hop from the late 90s until the present, including the introduction of Eminem, a white rapper who became hip-hop’s top-selling artist; hip-hop’s full expansion across the globe; and the rise of Black Lives Matter. (Various chapters)

6. When “Rock Box” by Run-DMC aired on MTV, it meant the walls of segregation between white and Black music, white and Black media, and Black and white people began to break down. MTV previously refused to air Black artists until it finally started airing Michael Jackson. However, Run-DMC was the first hip-hop group to have their music played on MTV. After that, hip-hop slowly took over the station until it became the top-viewed programming. (Chapter 7)

7. When the police who beat Rodney King were acquitted, Black and Latinx people in Los Angeles felt it was the final straw. After the civil rights movement in the 1960s, segregation was outlawed, but it did not actually end. Violence against Black people raged in the major cities, and police brutality was common. Nothing was being done, and nobody seemed to care, so their anger was revealed. (Chapter 11)

8. Hip-hop culture represents the youth. It also represents Black empowerment, a push toward freedom, and an end to racial tensions in America. Hip-hop culture is also about having fun, socializing, and creativity. It is about establishing personhood and making oneself heard. (Various chapters)