Antedating of "Hip Hop"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hip hop (OED 1981)



1980 _New York Amsterdam News_ 12 Jan. 21 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  To the "Rapper's Delight," whether one speaks of the Sugarhill Gang's recording success or the talented thousands in the street, "Hiphop Talk" has rapped its way into the subconsciousness of blackness. ... As for the origins of "hiphop," Chase credited a local, D.J. Hollywood, with its development before it was commercially recorded.



Fred Shapiro

Editor

YALE BOOK OF QUOTATIONS (Yale University Press)

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