Kendrick Lamar Addresses Being Left Off Of MTV's Hottest MCs List

by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ

Kendrick Lamar speaks on his omission from the top 10 emcees of the year.

J. Cole previously spoke on his omission from MTV’s Hottest MCs list, which also did not include Kendrick Lamar. Speaking with Karen Civil, K. Dot addressed his absence from the ranking, brushing off the oversight and saying that it’s “not really a big thing for me.”

“I just look at it as an opinion factor,” he said. “It’s all about what the people want at the end of the day, so people know what it is. It’s not really a big thing for me I know it’s more exposure but the people know what it is. All it’s going to do is bring more controversy to the game. I think it’s dope, though.”

Watch the full interview below, where he also touches on working with Pharrell Williams and more.

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Etymology FROM THE TEMPLE OF HIPHOP

The phrase hip hop is a combination of two separate slang terms—"hip", used in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as early as 1898, meaning current or in the know, and "hop", for the hopping movement.

Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, has been credited with coining the term hip hop in 1978 while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.^[10] Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance.^[11] The group frequently performed with disco artists who would refer to this new type of MC/DJ-produced music by calling them "hip hoppers". The name was originally meant as a sign of disrespect, but soon came to identify this new music and culture.

The opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, a 15-minute long song in addition to the verse on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's own "Superrappin'", were both released in 1979. Lovebug Starski, a Bronx DJ who put out a single called "The Positive Life" in 1981, and DJ Hollywood then began using the term when referring to this new disco rap music. Hip hop pioneer and South Bronx community leader Afrika Bambaataa also credits Lovebug Starski as the first to use the term "Hip Hop", as it relates to the culture. Bambaataa, former leader of the Black Spades gang, also did much to further popularize the term

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