NBHHCM 2010, "Old School Rap Day" June 27th

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The NBHHCM Foundation www.NBHHCM.org  has declared June 27, 2010 as "Old School Rap Day" for NBHHCM 2010 (National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture Month).

June 27th of each year will be dedicated to all old school rap songs and rap artists that have been pioneers and legends to the hip-hop culture. The Sugar Hill Gang released the first major successful rap song in 1979 when they debuted "Rappers Delight."

During the early years of hip-hop most rap songs focused on having fun. Rap pioneer DJ Kool Herc introduced the world to the hip-hop culture in the early 1970's when he added the break-beat to Funk and James Brown songs at a block party in the Bronx, NY.

Grandmaster Flash (2007) and RUN-DMC (2009) have both been introduced into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. LL Cool J was a finalist in 2010.

The fusion of basketball and hip-hop was first put to wax by Hurt Em' Bad in 1982 with the rap song 'N.B.A. Rap' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUhIBR1kqc. Kurtis Blow released the much more publicized rap song 'Basketball' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shxzlTRK44 in 1984. 1984 was the birth-year of the hoops and hip-hop culture fusion that is known today as The "Dunkadelic-Era" In America.

Michael Jordan the first superstar player of the era was drafted by the Chicago Bulls that same year in 1984.

Today June 27, 2010 is "Old School Rap Day."

For more information on NBHHCM 2010 or "Old School Rap Day" please contact NBHHCM Founder Derrick E. Vaughan

Phone: 443-851-5244 or email: dvaughan@nbhhcm.org