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I-MC Sha-Rock
Endabeni yemvelaphi ye-hip hop, UMC Sha-Rock wayengowokuqala kodwa kude nowokugcina
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Owesifazane wokuqala weHip Hop Cult Emcee ulapha ukuzokufundisa emlandweni wobuciko.
Lapho uzwa izwi likaMc Sha-Rock lipholile futhi lizolile lintanta ngezikhulumi zakho ku 1980 landela ngomkhondo "Lokho kuhlanganiswa", Kuyacaca ukuthi akahambisani nanoma ngubani kodwa emi eqinile yedwa. Njengelungu lasekuqaleni le-funky 4 bese kuthi-ke +1 Ku-funky 4 + 1 Ngemuva kokubuyela eqenjini, Owesifazane wokuqala u-MC wawukhona kusukela ekuqaleni kwesiko lesiko le-hip hop kodwa akuvamile ukuthi unikezwe isikweletu afanelwe yiphayona lelo dolobha, ukuba yi-co- Umsunguli wempi yaphakade yeRap Rap futhi wakha iBleacPrint ye-Artistform Enginomsebenzi we-Dollar Onethonya elinezindawo ezinama-zeitgeist emhlabeni wonke amashumishumi eminyaka. Ngakho-ke nge-hip hop ukugubha 50 iminyaka ekanye, Kuzwakala kahle kunangaphambili ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lo mhlabathi we-ground uyamthola futhi abekwe ezincwadini zomlando.
"Abantu abangayazi isiko le-hip hop lithi uma i-hip hop iqale ngaphakathi 1973, kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi waba ngowesifazane wokuqala MC ngaphakathi 1977?," uthi. "Phakathi kwa- 1973, Ube neCoke La Rock, Ngubani owayi-DJ epholile herc's MC. Kepha awunawo abesifazane be-MCS ababekhafulela imigoqo engingabe beyikho futhi ababesebenza ngesitayela esisha nangesikhathi esisha sendalo etholwayo oyibonayo manje."
Kwakunezindlela eziningi kangaka sha- I-Rock yaphuka inhlabathi, Futhi ukuba nomcimbi wokuphepha kwezokuphepha kwabesifazane bokuqala obizwa ngokuthi udadewethu disco kwakungenye yazo. Ubaqhathanisa nokuba yiFlava Flav kuye kuChuck d. "Noma nini lapho bengizophuma ngiyodlala, bangangigaganga futhi bangivikele kunoma yikuphi ukunganaki okungenzeka ukuthi bekukhona emaphathini ngaleso sikhathi," Uyakhumbula. "Kepha futhi babengabasebenzi bami be-hype futhi bayazi imiculo yami. Ngakho-ke babezophuma baye esixukwini, Phinda izingoma zami bese uthola isixuku ukuba senze okufanayo."
Ngemuva kodumo emigwaqweni nasemkhakheni we-hip hop, izinto zathuthuka ngokushesha nge-sha-rock. I-funky 4 + 1 Kusayinwe ukuqopha ilebula ukujabulela, lapho bakhipha khona irekhodi elide kakhulu le-hip emlandweni kuze kube namuhla, "Rappin futhi wanyakazisa indlu". Kepha unikezwe ilebula elingaphansi kokusatshalaliswa okufiselekayo, basayine namarekhodi e-Sugar Hill ngoJuni 1980. Kanye nogogo nomkhulu kanye nolaka 4, babeka ithempulethi yama-MCS amasha nama-DJs ukulandela ukuhola kwawo.
Futhi ngokwanele lapho sha- Idwala lalibukhulu lalo futhi lilwa njengowesifazane owukuphela kwe-MC, Akazange abhekane nohlobo lokungahloniphi nokubandlululwa esilindele ukulunikeza izindaba ze-minogyny nezobulili esizizwile kubaculi abasembondweni emashumini eminyaka amaningi. "Angikaze ngibe naleyo nkinga ngoba ngangisekuqaleni kweSiko le-MC ne-Hip Hop, lapho kungekho owahlulela khona ngendlela engabheka ngayo nokuthi ngiyintombazane," uthi. "Kepha bangehlulele ngamakhono ami njenge-MC ngoba bekuyinkundla ekhunjulwa ngowesilisa. Bekumele ube nesixuku sithi ungcono kakhulu futhi ukuthi ubunawo. Futhi lelo yifa enginalo igama lami."
Futhi enye yezingxenye ezidabukisayo kakhulu zefa le-sha-rock ukuntuleka kwenzuzo yezezimali, ikakhulukazi njengoba i-hip hop ikhula futhi yakhula yaba yi-juggernaut yamasiko yinamuhla. "Angikaze ngithole isikweletu semali ngalokhu engiye ngakufaka kulesi siko," uthi. "Ngesinye isikhathi, Kwakukhona kungenzeka ukuthi sizohambela noDebbie Harry ngoba wayezama ukusisusa elebula lethu. Kepha abanye bethu benza iphutha lokwesula esikhundleni samarekhodi e-Sugar Hill. Uthole thina ummeli ukuze asisuse futhi asitshele noma yini esiyenzayo, Musa ukusayina."
Kepha amadwala namanye amalungu akhe eqembu basayina ngoba bathenjiswe ukuthi baye banakekelwa. "Kepha lokho akwenzekanga," Sha- Kusho i-rock. Wayenezinyanga ezine ekhulelwe ngaleso sikhathi futhi ezibuza ukuthi yini elandelayo yakhe. Ngakho-ke wathembela emndenini wakhe ukuze axhase. Nangemva kokuthola ingane yakhe, wabuyela ekwenzeni, waqhubeka ukuthi afakwe emgwaqweni we-movie we-movie futhi wenza izingoma eziningi ezimbalwa. Sha-rock namanje bekungakhokhelwa noma, Ngakho-ke wanquma ukuhlala inkontileka yakhe. "Bengingafuni ukurekhoda zonke lezo zingoma futhi angikaze ngibone i-dime kubo," uthi. "Ngazizwa sengathi ngidinga ukubuyela emuva esikhundleni sami ngizonda engangikuthanda kakhulu ngakho-ke ngikwazi ukukwazi ukukwazisa engikuqalile.
Namhlanje, USha-Rock unguprofesa e-Bowie State University, lapho eneminyaka yakhe yesibili yokufundisa inkambo yobuciko be-art-hop. Ubuye ahambe emhlabeni wonke ngomlando omnyama 101 Imnyuziyamu yeselula lapho akhuluma khona ngomongo kanye nomlando wesiko le-hip-hop nokuthi laqala kanjani. Manje, Indlela azwakalise ngayo ngobuhlakani ngemfundo ngoba umlando weqiniso wesiko le-hip-hop utshelwa kangcono yilabo abaphila. "Ngiyabazi oprofesa obuningi emhlabeni wonke emakolishi aphezulu ngifundisa izifundo ze-hip-hop futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle lokho," uthi. "Kepha kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi uyi-bonafide futhi ngephuzu uma wenza lokho."
Isikhathi esijabulisayo emlandweni waseMelika, Lapho umlando wezwe wezehlakalo uhlaselwa ngokoqobo amabhodi ezikole nezikhulu ezikhethiwe. Futhi njengomuntu osebenza ngenkuthalo ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi indawo yakhe emlandweni yaqoshwa kahle ngenkathi efundisa abafundi ngezinto ezingokoqobo, USha-Rock uyameluleka sonke ukuthola imininingwane ngezethu futhi sabelane ngayo, Noma ngabe kusezikhaleni ezingekho emthethweni. "Musa ukuthembela kumuntu oyedwa noma inhlangano eyodwa ukuya esikoleni emlandweni," uyaphakamisa. "Lapho othile ezama ukukuphika umlando, kufanele ubatshele ukuthi abavunyelwe ukukuvimba ekufundeni. Ozokwaziswa kakhulu ukubakhombisa ukuthi akukho lutho oluzovimba amandla akho okuhumusha ukuthi kwenzekani eduze kwakho, Yini eqhubekela phambili ngakuwe esikhathini esidlule nokuthi yini okudingeka uyazi ngeMelika nasekhaya lakho."
I-Sha-rock isesifuneni esiphakeme, Kepha ufuna ukuhlanganyela ngemibandela yakhe. Ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili ngemuva kwengxoxo yethu, Uzothatha lesi siteji edwaleni lesibili elivulayo umkhosi wensimbi njengengxenye ye "Izindlovukazi ze-mic" ima emugqeni, eceleni kukasawoti-n-peda, MC lyte, Yo-yo nezinye zabesifazane be-MCS. Uvame ukubuzwa ukuthi aphinde akhumbule ezingomeni ezihlukile, Kepha ukhetha kakhulu uma kuziwa kulezo zicelo. "Kumele kusho okuthile," USha-Rock usho noma yiziphi izikhathi ezizayo lapho eshaya ku-mic. "Angirekhoda izingoma ukuze ngizwe nami futhi ngikwazi futhi. Kufanele kube yisikhumbuzo sokuthi ngigxume kwithrekhi yanoma ngubani."
Sizobe sonke sizwa okuningi kuye maduze nje lapho ebuyela esiteji futhi siyaqhubeka ukusakazeka "IVangeli le-Hip-Hop Culture". Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, Ufuna ukuvumela abesifazane abasezingeni eliphezulu ngesiko bazi ukuthi bayaziswa. Uyaphela nge, "Shout kubo bonke abesifazane laphaya kuzo zonke izici zesiko le-hip-hop, Ngiyabahlonipha bonke".