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African American men in zoot suits. The words hep and hip are of uncertain origin, with numerous competing theories being proposed. In the early days of jazz, musicians were using the hep variant to describe anybody who was "in the know" about an emerging, mostly African-American subculture, which revolved around jazz.
The 21st-century hipster is a subculture (sometimes called hipsterism). [1] [2] Fashion is one of the major markers of hipster identity. [3]Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, [1] and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative for someone who is pretentious or overly concerned with appearing trendy.
Artists such as Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Lupe Fiasco have been identified as forerunners of hipster hop. Sir Michael Rocks of the Cool Kids has stated that those three artists popularized the idea of being "an eclectic black guy", thus creating a niche for other artists to expand the aesthetic boundaries of hip-hop.
Hipster or Hipsters may refer to: . Hipster (contemporary subculture), composed of affluent or middle class youth Hipster (1940s subculture), referring to aficionados of jazz, in particular bebop, which became popular in the early 1940s
A sequel titled SongPop 2 (now titled SongPop Classic), featuring over 100,000 songs and 1,000 curated playlists, was released in July 2015 [3] and is free-to-play with in-app purchases. [4] As of June 22, 2021 SongPop2 has over 200,000 songs on over 3,400 playlists. A third game, SongPop 3, was released on March 18, 2021. It includes features ...
Chris Paul Carter (born September 2, 1959) is an American disc jockey and music/film producer based in Los Angeles.. Carter started his music career as a founding member and bass player with alternative rock/power pop band Dramarama.
Contemporary hippie at the Rainbow Gathering in Russia, 2005. Lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, the principal American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, argues that the terms hipster and hippie are derived from the word hip, whose origins are unknown. [17]
Black Hippy is an American hip hop supergroup [1] [2] [3] from South Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008.The group consisted of West Coast rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q. [4]