OK, I'm glad you "quoted" me (even though pushing the QUOTE button isn't actually quoting anyone), so that I can feel free to quote you:
Uhmm, actually I don't have a problem with the terms "Continental and Diasporic" African cultures. Those are actually very appropriate terms.
Apparently you need to do alot more than read "between the lines", and actually take the time to actually read what has been said.
Uhmmm, that's WRONG. Very Wrong.
First off, I didn't use that term "RAP MUSIC" (you can't QUOTE me where I did any such thing)......I specifically used the term "Hip-Hop".
As such, HIP-HOP was created in BRONX, NY, in 1978. I know this, because I was there. That's where I was born. Soundview holdin' it down.
Wrong again. See above. Though I will admit, that many of the first MC's were indeed Jamaicans in NY.
I agree, that the art form known as the "Scat", along with the greats such as James Brown, was Southern in its/their origins, as it lent itself to the origins of Hip-Hop as we know it today.
However, a DJ in Hip-Hop is not the same as a "Disc Jockey" in the earliest terminology. The same as an "MC" in Hip-Hop is not that the same as an "MC" (master of ceremony).
Here is some history of the origination of Hip-Hop:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563537/Rap.html#s4
http://www.daveyd.com/raptitle.html
I didn't see anything about the SOUTH in either of these rather detailed exerpts.....Did you?
Stop trying to add something to that which was not there. That sounds like something that the White man does.
Uhmmm, I wouldn't respond in any form. Do you think you'd be the first to tell me that they despise African or Caribbean culture? As a matter of fact, I've grown up hearing that most of my life.
Apparently, the difference between me and others here, is that I'm not so easily affected by the feelings of others.
Nonetheless, one thing I am affected by, is the ignorance of others.
You made some severely erroneous statements about African culture earlier, to which I went to no great length to correct.
Instead of jumping to conclusions about what others say, I would suggest that you keep what YOU say in check.
As I recall, you were admonished about that before.
PEACE