Comments on: D&HHP Schools Afron*rd

By: My. Starks

My. Starks — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:40:49 +0000

I do not believe anyone at Afronerd ever said that HipHop is JUST for Blacks or Latinos. The issue is truth, as it pertains to history, and maintaining an accurate historical account of the music. Being from Queens, as you said, you of all people should have a better grasp of the accurate history of HipHop considering NY is its birthplace. The fact of the matter is, this music rose from the ashes of cuts in educational programs in schools, specifically the music programs, during the 1970′s. Blacks and Latinos, period, were the early pioneers of this music. By the way, jazz is enjoyed by folks of all nationalities, but will you also dismiss the fact that this music is also the brainchild of Black people? I think not. The point is simply to maintain accuracy with our history. It is our responsibility to do that, no one else will. And I hope you would not want HipHop, 100 years from now, to have the same inaccurate historical retelling that Rock & Roll suffers from.
What exactly is your beef with the Afronerd blog?

By: G

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:08:40 +0000

My point is that the afron*rd blog is more interesting as an outlet for offensive biased logic than as an outlet for entertaining alternative black culture. And I do not believe hiphop was the brainchild of any individual or group of individuals. I can’t imagine it was formulated to be what it was or that it was given a name prior to it’s existence, like some marketing campaign. It more likely came into being through the natural expression of a group of individuals with exposure to various backgrounds and cultures. Sure, most mcs back then were black and most breakers were latino/hispanic. So what? The people getting busy in the parties were from everywhere, especially when the parties got bigger and started taking place all over the city. And more so when the music/language/dance started to get passed down and spread throughout the country. By the time i was growing up in queens, hiphop was more defined and it was definitely not exclusive to blacks or any race. Again, I’m not debating the background of the first mcs or the first graff writers or the first breakers. I’m debating the misconception that black music or latino music is just for blacks or latinos. I’m debating that the perpetuation of racial boundaries is healthy. I’m debating that only blacks and latinos made signficant contributions to “early” hiphop (define early). And I’m also debating the definition of HipHop as static vs dynamic. I’m curious to know what HipHop is comprised of for you? Do you limit it to the artists? To a certain time period? Do you exclude the listeners or observers? And also, I’m not saying everyone got along back then or now, I’m saying most people, no matter the color, could and can appreciate it. Lastly, the afron*rd blog is a bit too much for me and I did learn something from visiting but I probably won’t be going back.

By: Afronerd Fan

Afronerd Fan — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:07:53 +0000

Blah, Blah. So what’s Your point? And YOU also believe early HipHop was the brainchild of Blacks, Latinos, ANF other folks? Obviously another individual who was not there but seems to be comfortable with distorting history. This “we are the world”, “can’t we all get along” version of how it all went down is far from reality and complete b.s. maybe you should take another look at the Afronerd blog, it seems to be a bit much for you, but you still might learn something.