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- Title
Blackfellas rapping, breaking and writing: a short history of Aboriginal hip hop.
- Authors
Mitchell, Tony
- Abstract
The article presents a history of Aboriginal hip hop in Australia. Hip hop began with breakdancing, largely inspired by "Buffalo Gals," a 1983 video clip by Malcolm McLaren. It was followed by outbreaks of graffiti writing, inspired by Charlie Ahearn's 1982 film "Style Wars." Rapping, rhyming and DJ-ing followed on, partly influenced by Start Latham's 1984 film "Beat Street," and recordings by Africa Bambaata, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and other pioneers of what at the time was a predominantly African-American musical idiom.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ABORIGINAL Australian music; HIP-hop culture; BUFFALO Gals (Music); MCLAREN, Malcolm; GRAFFITI; AHEARN, Charlie; STYLE Wars (Film); BEAT Street (Film); KOOL Herc (Performer); AFRICAN American music; HISTORY
- Publication
Aboriginal History, 2006, Vol 30, p124
- ISSN
0314-8769
- Publication type
Article