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James McBride, Hip-Hop Planet

James McBride, Hip-Hop Planet

Read Hip-Hop Planet and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. When did the author first hear rap?

in Harlem at a party in the 1980s

at UCLA while he was a student during the 1960s

in Paris in the early 1970s

in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance

2. According to the author, what was the most important cultural event of his lifetime?

rock music

jazz

rap music

the influence of folk music in the 1960s and 1970s

3. What was the Last Poets?

another name for the Beat Poets headed by Allen Ginsberg

the first rap group

a jazz combo popular during the Harlem Renaissance

a community of poets headed by Amiri Baraka

4. Where does the author go to find the roots of hip-hop?

New Orleans

Paris, France

Senegal

Harlem

5. Why is it especially difficult for the author to embrace the hip-hop culture?

because of the violence in the music

because it abuses the English language

because of its dishonesty

because of its simplicity