2. Hip Hop - Main Artists

Question 1

Who was DJ Kool Herc?

Answer 1

Influential DJ on the early hip hop scene, but did not release any music that he produced.

Question 2

Name 1 song by The Suguarhill Gang:

Answer 2

Rappers Delight (1979)

Question 3

Name 2 songs by Afrika Bambaataa:

Answer 3

Planet Rock (1982), Renegades of Funk (1983)

Question 4

Name 1 song by Grandmaster Flash:

Answer 4

The Message (1982)

Question 5

Name 3 songs by Run - D.M.C:

Answer 5

It’s Like That (1983), Hard Times (1984), Walk This Way (1986)

Question 6

Name 2 songs by LL Cool J:

Answer 6

I Can’t Live Without My Radio (1985), I Need Love (1987)

Question 7

Name 2 songs by The Beastie Boys:

Answer 7

(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) + No Sleep till Brooklyn (1987)

Question 8

Name 2 songs by Public Enemy:

Answer 8

Don’t Believe the Hype (1988), Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (1989)

Question 9

Name 3 songs by N.W.A:

Answer 9

Straight Outta compton (1988), Express Yourself (1989), Always Into Somethin’ (1991)

Question 10

Name 2 songs by MC Hammer:

Answer 10

Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em + U Can’t Touch This (1990)

Question 11

Name 1 song by Coolio:

Answer 11

Gangsta’s Paradise (1995)

Question 12

Name 4 songs by Eminem:

Answer 12

My Name Is (1999), The Real Slim Shady + Stan (2000), Just Lose It (2004)