As hip-hop turns 50, Arwa Haider traces the verbal pioneers who forged a path long before 1973, from jazz "hep cat" Slim Gaillard to "dirty blues" singer Lucille Bogan.
Culture Matters DARA E HEALY “Hey pops, keep that beat a-beatin’. I feel a rhythm rainstorm coming on. One, two. Keep that rhythm heatin’. One more rhythm like that and I’ll be gone. Aww man, don’t stop now, we jumpin’!" – From Hellzapoppin' 1941 – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart, the Harlem Congeroos AT FIRST,