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Pelton, Tristion Micheal. "Rap/Hip Hop | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." //Rap/Hip Hop | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed//. Black Past. Web. 18 May 2012. .

Fact 1- Hip Hop started in New York City

Fact 2- Hip Hop was also started in the 1970's

Fact 3- One person did not come up with rap music

Fact 4- DJ Kool Herc is considered the most important figure in rap history

Fact 5- Break-dancing was followed by rap music

Fact 6- MC stands for Mic Controller

Fact 7- The Last Poets is a street read poem that was read in Harlem during the 1970's

Fact 8- The first recorded rap song was You're My Candy Sweet by The Fatback Band in 1979

Fact 9- The first rap hit, however, was Rappers Delight by the Sugarhill Gang

Fact 10- Rappers Delight was released in 1979, the same year The Fatback Band released the first rap song

Fact 11- Martin Luther King Jr.s speech was a big influence on the music of Issac Hayes

Fact 12- The earliest rap recordings were in the 1980's

Fact 13- Some rappers from the 90's were Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Easy-E

Fact 14- Gangsta rap is the most popular type of rap music

Fact 15- Raps most famous rappers are Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.