@IGGYAZALEA HipHop is a artistic and socio-political movement/culture that sprang from the disparate ghettos of NY in the early 70's
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014Coming off the heels of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and approaching the end of the Vietnam war it was a crossroads 4 America
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA specially for blacks in the US our neighborhoods were PROLIFERATED w/a rush of HEROINE
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA our school systems here in NY dungeon traps with light for learning
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA blk men some of whom didn't return from tours of duty n the ones who did came w/war baggage (agent orange, addiction, ect..)
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA these men had families but due to these events and throw into the mix the public emasculation...
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA they proved to be handicapped parents. The surrogate parents? The STREETS
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA the streets of gangs, crimes, and the hustlers coddled us and swept us up
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA but! Being a spirited, rhythmic & expressive people music art dance outlined our existence
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA it proved a way for us to exhault to scream to dance to laugh and find OUR VOICE
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA we weren't at the time skilled musicians as kids. We had records, turntables, ideas and INGENUITY
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA being natural chemist we took from whatever was availed to us and we created something mighty and special
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA we cut breakbeats back n forth we took a hybrid of Jamaican toasting along w/ radio jock rap( hank Spann, Gary Byrd, ect.) and
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA we put our rap down..
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA it was a neighborhood thing really. Black and Latino Kids were carving out their space and it became infectious
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA eventually Keith Cowboy coined the phrase hiphop . Yrs later the first rap record was recorded and now we r moving
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA but during these strides this country still had the monster of racism and racial insensitivity breathing and ruling
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA believe it or not young black n Latino lives specifically weren't acknowledged in mainstream American culture unless Ofcourse..
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA the convo was abt gangs , being criminals or uneducated. And hey! Like I stated early our families were rushed our schools
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA sucked and we were left to put devices to survive
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA but HIPHOP showed that we had DEPTH, fire, and BRILLANCE
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA the music was undeniable! It moved from NY N became national and even GLOBAL
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA hiphop now was FOR EVERYBODY!! All of those who cld relate to the roots, the spirit, the history, the energy.. It reached YOU
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA it touched your spirit n took u up. We magnetized you! That's what BRILLANCE does
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA now u are fulfilling your dreams ... BUT!
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA you have to take into account the HISTORY as you move underneath the banner of hiphop. As I said before
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA hiphop is fun it's vile it's dance it's traditional it's light hearted but 1 thing it can never detach itself from
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA is being a SOCIO-Political movement. U may ask why ... Well
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014@IGGYAZALEA once you are born black your existence I believe is joined with socio-political epitaph and philos
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014