Quiz  /  Another Hip-Hop Quiz

  • 1. 
    Name the title character of a popular rap-themed video game that was originally released on the Sony PlayStation in 1996.

  • PaRappa the Rapper
  • Ali G
  • Duke Nukem
  • MC Skat Kat

  • 2. 
    Which musical legend did Chuck D of Public Enemy controversially dismiss, in song, as "a hero to most" but not to him?

  • Elvis Presley
  • John Lennon
  • James Brown
  • Frank Sinatra

  • 3. 
    Snoop Dogg’s debut single "Who Am I (What’s My Name)?" samples "Atomic Dog" by which iconic funk performer?

  • George Clinton
  • Rufus Thomas
  • Rick James
  • Isaac Hayes

  • 4. 
    Who performed the early rap hit "Rapper’s Delight"?

  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
  • The Sugarhill Gang
  • Run-D.M.C.
  • Kurtis Blow

  • 5. 
    The careers of Ludacris, OutKast, and T.I. originated in which American city?

  • New Orleans
  • Atlanta
  • Houston
  • Miami

  • 6. 
    What was the first rap song to win an Academy Award for best original song?

  • Eminem, "Lose Yourself"
  • Will Smith, "Men in Black"
  • Three 6 Mafia,"It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp"
  • Coolio, "Gangsta’s Paradise"

  • 7. 
    The artists Calle 13, Daddy Yankee, and Wisin y Yandel are most closely associated with which musical genre, which mixes hip-hop with Latin American and Caribbean sounds?

  • crunk
  • reggaeton
  • cumbia
  • dancehall

  • 8. 
    Which two rappers teamed up for the 2011 album Watch the Throne?

  • Lil Wayne and 50 Cent
  • Drake and Macklemore
  • Kanye West and Jay-Z
  • Eminem and Dr. Dre

  • 9. 
    Which hip-hop group was the house band for the TV talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009-14) and followed Fallon to The Tonight Show in 2014?

  • A Tribe Called Quest
  • De La Soul
  • The Roots
  • The Wu-Tang Clan

  • 10. 
    Who was not a member of the Beastie Boys?

  • El-P
  • Ad-Rock
  • MCA
  • Mike D
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