77,560 listeners, Gina Moryson [218] The strong influence of the sound led to other artists within the genre to move towards the trap sound, with a notable example being Jay-Z and Kanye West on their joint song, "H•A•M". The new single arrives via Mas, The Butcher coming Nigga! [19] However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap. During the late 2000s and early 2010s "blog era", rappers were able to build up a following through online methods of music distribution, such as social media and blogs, and mainstream hip hop took on a more melodic, sensitive direction following the commercial decline of gangsta rap. A second key musical element in hip hop music is emceeing (also called MCing or rapping). In Romania, B.U.G. The roots of rapping are found in African-American music and ultimately African music, particularly that of the griots[68] of West African culture. [243] Rappers who explicitly speak about race or racism in Cuba are still under scrutiny by the government. "Afrika Bambaataa's Hip-Hop,", Hager, Steven. [49] KC The Prince of Soul, a rapper-lyricist with Pete DJ Jones, is often credited with being the first rap lyricist to call himself an "MC". Major artists to arise from the genre in the 2010s include Waka Flocka Flame, Future, Chief Keef, Migos, Young Thug, Travis Scott, Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion, Ski Mask the Slump God, Juice Wrld, Trippie Redd, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, Rae Sremmurd, Tekashi 6ix9ine, NBA YoungBoy, Lil Baby, and Fetty Wap, among others. The style was pioneered and commercialized by artists from Memphis, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, gaining considerable popularity in the mid-2000s via Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins. Hip-hop arose when DJs began isolating the percussion break from funk or disco songs for audiences to dance to. Straight Outta Compton sparked the first major controversy regarding hip hop lyrics when their song "Fuck tha Police" earned a letter from FBI Assistant Director, Milt Ahlerich, strongly expressing law enforcement's resentment of the song. However, the majority of the genre has been accompanied by rap vocals, such as the Sci-fi influenced electro hip hop group Warp 9. It spread across the world in the 1990s with controversial "gangsta" rap. [27][28][better source needed] Pigmeat Markham's 1968 single "Here Comes the Judge" is one of several songs said to be the earliest hip hop record. Benny The Butcher has had the eyes of Hip-Hop listeners on him all month in anticipation... For the last 30 years, Pete Rock has produced some of Hip-Hop’s most celebrated sounds. These early raps incorporated the dozens, a product of African-American culture. As well, the art of Jamaican toasting, a style of talking or chanting into a microphone, often in a boastful style, while beats play over a sound system, was an important influence on the development of hip hop music.