Q 01/05

Which Bronx DJ turned his Black Spades street gang into the Universal Zulu Nation and cut 1982's 'Planet Rock'?

A) Afrika Bambaataa

B) DJ Kool Herc

C) Grandmaster Flash

D) Grand Wizzard Theodore

Answer · why

A) Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa built the Universal Zulu Nation out of the Black Spades and, with 'Planet Rock', gave hip hop its electro strand; he is counted among...

Q 02/05

Which Run-D.M.C. album contains 'Walk This Way' and 'It's Tricky'?

A) Licensed to Ill

B) Straight Outta Compton

C) Mama Said Knock You Out

D) Raising Hell

Answer · why

D) Raising Hell

Raising Hell (1986) holds 'It's Tricky', 'My Adidas' and the Aerosmith collaboration 'Walk This Way', which reached number four on the Hot 100 and car...

Q 03/05

Which member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is credited with coining 'hip hop' as an Army-style cadence?

A) Keith Cowboy

B) Melle Mel

C) Kidd Creole

D) Scorpio

Answer · why

A) Keith Cowboy

Keith Cowboy of the Furious Five scatted 'hip/hop/hip/hop' in 1978 to tease a friend who had just enlisted, mimicking a marching cadence; DJ Lovebug S...

Q 04/05

Trap music takes its name from Southern slang for what kind of place?

A) A drug house

B) A recording studio

C) A strip club

D) A jail cell

Answer · why

A) A drug house

A 'trap' is a house where drugs are sold; lyrical references to the trap appeared as early as 1991, though the modern trap sound did not crystallise u...

Q 05/05

Besides DJing, MCing, breakdancing and graffiti, what is hip hop culture's 'fifth element'?

A) Knowledge

B) Beatboxing

C) Producing

D) Fashion

Answer · why

A) Knowledge

The Universal Zulu Nation pushed 'knowledge of self' as a fifth element so that hip hop would be a culture with values, not just a party.