Magic and Marley Marl, and featuring fellow rappers like Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Roxanne Shante, and Kool G Rap. The Harlem-born, Long Island–raised MC was a member of the legendary Juice Crew, the Queensbridge collective assembled by DJ Mr. Although deemed one of hip-hop’s biggest one-hit wonders - VH1 placed his 1989 classic “Just a Friend” at Number 81 on its 2000 list of the greatest one-hit wonders of all time - the rapper’s impact extended far beyond hip-hop’s greatest friend-zone lament. Over the course of five albums - most notably 1988’s Goin’ Off and 1989’s The Biz Never Sleeps - the producer-MC, whose real name was Marcel Hall, developed his own style unlike any other rapper at the time: a mix of half-sung (and intentionally off-key) choruses, riveting beatboxing, and silly humor that would earn him the nickname the “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop” and pave the way for gloriously bizarre rappers like Ol’ Dirty Bastard. “Biz is still under medical care, surrounded by professionals who are working hard to provide the best health care possible,” Izumi wrote in a statement to Rolling Stone at the time. Although the rapper was rehabilitating, his condition continued to decline, leading to premature reports of Markie’s death in late June. In April 2020, he was hospitalized due to complications related to the disease, and later that year suffered a stroke. After 20-plus years, we’re beginning to see hip-hop center stage as a legitimate area of interdisciplinary study here at UCLA.While a cause of death was not revealed, the rapper had struggled in recent years with health issues related to his decade-long battle with Type 2 diabetes. “But persistence is one of the things that I learned from and respect about hip-hop culture. “My professors would say, ‘Why don’t you study jazz or gospel music?’” Keyes said. Spotting an opportunity and obsessed with the emergent culture, the grad student knew she was onto something, from a scholarly perspective. At the time, academia barely acknowledged hip-hop’s existence, focusing instead on blues, rock ‘n’ roll and folk music scholarship. Keyes, chair of UCLA’s Department of African American Studies, was a student at University of Indiana in the early 1980s. So this newest art form of the last 50 years, hip-hop and rap music, is reaching this point where you hear directly from from the sources - the inspiration, the impact and connectivity between the creators and the audiences.” Alumni of its famed school of music include Kamasi Washington, Randy Newman, Carol Burnett, John Fahey and La Monte Young, and its faculty has included Herbie Hancock, Kenny Burrell, Patrice Rushen and the late Barbara Morrison, among many others.ĭuring a recent call to discuss his forthcoming artist-in-residency, Chuck D said, “All the other musics out there have been understood, interpreted, rolled out, books made about it. UCLA has long forged paths in the scholarship of American music.
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The initiative will expand the Hip Hop Studies Series of books published by University of California Press and edited by Alim and Jeff Chang, best known for his essential book on rap, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation.” It will also build on the university’s decades-in-the-making archive, accelerating the researching and documentation of hip-hop in the Los Angeles area.
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Touting itself as “the leading center for Hip Hop Studies globally,” the initiative aims to amplify and multiply the conversation on hip-hop culture across artistic disciplines “by way of artist residencies, community engagement programs, a book series, lecture series, an oral history and digital archive project, postdoctoral fellowships and more,” according to the initiative’s announcement.
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