i think the early rappers were more influenced by Jamaican deejays like U-Roy & I-Roy than by people like the Last Poets or Gil Scott-Heron
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dead-Air
(note their reclamation of the word "nigger" decades before NWA).
|
In regards to this if you ever hear live recordings of early hiphop shows from the 70s people were saying nigga/nigger back then too, it was just years before anyone said it on record.