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  • 1. 
    What is the birth name of the rapper and actor familiarly known as Ice Cube?

  • Tracy Morrow
  • Christopher Wallace
  • Calvin Broadus
  • O’Shea Jackson

  • 2. 
    The original "four elements" of hip-hop culture consist of rapping, deejaying, break dancing (or "B-boying"), and what else?

  • graffiti
  • fashion
  • beatboxing
  • sampling

  • 3. 
    Run-D.M.C. collaborated with rock musicians Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, of Aerosmith, on a rap remake of which of their band’s songs?

  • Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
  • Dream On
  • Walk This Way
  • Sweet Emotion

  • 4. 
    Chuck D of Public Enemy famously referred to rap as "the black" what?

  • rock and roll
  • MTV
  • CNN
  • talk radio

  • 5. 
    Which Brooklyn-born rapper’s 1994 album Illmatic features the songs "N.Y. State of Mind" and "It Ain’t Hard to Tell"?

  • Notorious B.I.G.
  • Jay-Z
  • Nas
  • Tupac Shakur

  • 6. 
    Which singer has been called the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul?

  • Aaliyah
  • Mariah Carey
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Alicia Keys

  • 7. 
    Ginuwine’s "Pony," Jay-Z’s "Big Pimpin’," Missy Elliott’s "Work It," and Nelly Furtado’s "Promiscuous" were all produced by whom?

  • Dr. Dre
  • Sean ("Puffy") Combs
  • The Neptunes
  • Timbaland

  • 8. 
    The title of the worldwide hit "Gangnam Style" (2012) refers to a neighborhood in which city?

  • Tokyo
  • Berlin
  • Los Angeles
  • Seoul

  • 9. 
    Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit "Baby Got Back" was sampled in a 2014 song by which female rapper?

  • Iggy Azalea
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Missy Elliott
  • M.I.A.

  • 10. 
    What was the first rap song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?

  • Young MC, "Bust a Move"
  • Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"
  • MC Hammer, "U Can’t Touch This"
  • Tone Loc, "Wild Thing"
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