HIP HOP HISTORY From Rahiem aka Todd Williams

HIP HOP HISTORY From Rahiem aka Todd Williams ‪#‎100HipHopPioneerandLegends‬ AreyouHipHop Good morning beautiful XOXOXOXO I feel this needs to be addressed because there's a contingency of people who are claiming to be pioneers of Hip-hop who are not! If you were not there and actively participating in park jams and have no flyers to substantiate your claim in addition to not having released ANY records circa 1979-1983 you are NOT a pioneer of Hip-hop nor a pioneer of early rap recordings...the definition of the word pioneer is...develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity! So if you came on the scene in 1985 and made a ripple in the pond, you're a legend NOT A PIONEER! So therefore all the people throwing the word pioneer around simply because someone else gave you the label and you never bothered correcting them is basically helping to perpetuate the (inaccuracies). With all due respect to those regarded as legends...here is the definition of the word legend...an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field. Now that we've established the definition of these 2 words perhaps we can apply them accordingly instead of labeling whoever someone else says is a pioneer or legend as such! This information is being disseminated to institutions of higher learning as well as tv networks and it's obvious there are some people who feel as though they could potentially get left out of the mix and not get paid for telling their half truth as a result of them not being present during the inception of the culture! If the topic of conversation is about the culture's inception, you can speak about it whether you actively played a role or was just an observer, but to speak as though you made a difference during the time nobody knew who you were and you had no notoriety is helping to perpetuate the inaccuracies and you're leaving yourself open to be challenged/rebutted/exposed! HBO doesn't know shit about the inception of our culture which is why they called ANYBODY to attend the meetings and speak about our culture's inception! That does NOT qualify you just because you spoke to HBO! You are part of our problem and you will be exposed!!!!! It's impossible if you started in 1985 or later that you are a pioneer when clearly the culture had been going on since 1973! From For more True School Hip Hop visit www.rapamania.com HIP HOP S GLOBAL!