MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crenshaw, Los Angeles, Jerry Heller, Body Count

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Beef: whats beef, not meat, its when you start shit, hydrogen vs. boost, freestyle rap battle. Beef: the violence prevalent in hip hop didn"t originate in hip-hop, nor is it unique in. American culture: rappers simply usurped something that has been there for a long time. Ice-t (cid:498)(cid:888) in the mornin(cid:499) (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:890)(cid:888: the genre would expand greatly over the next two years with nwa coming out, psk- 1985. Born: jesse bonds weaver jr. , june 22, 1962. Origin: philadelphia, pennsylvania: credited for originating g-rap with psk from his 1985 self-titled album, eventually shifted from g-rap and adopted a more afrocentric direction comparable to krs-one. Born: tracy marrow, feb 16th, 1958 in newark, new jersey. Origin: crenshaw, los angeles, california: one of the originators of g-rap, his east and west coast roots give him (cid:498)dual-citizenship(cid:499) in the hip hop world, credited schoolly d for his inspiration for the (cid:498)(cid:888) in the mornin(cid:499) single.

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