Cynthia Horner, Clip 2: Hip Hop Takes Television

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Cynthia Horner

Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2015; 2015-12-15; Interview recorded: December 15, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:22

Creator: Cynthia Horner interviewed by Naomi Williams Identifier: aql:19999 qmp-ch-clip-000004

Description: A lot of hip hop stars now have TV shows, which is a very significant thing in the industry today. Back in the 1970s, hip hop songs were just party music. Now it's a movement that has been embraced everywhere. LL Cool J was just a fifteen year old rapper when Cynthia Horner first met him and now he is a successful TV star who is starring in NCIS.

Title : Cynthia Horner, Clip 2: Hip Hop Takes Television

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20039

Creator : Cynthia Horner interviewed by Naomi Williams

Date : Time Period: 1970 - 2015; 2015-12-15; Interview recorded: December 15, 2015

Summary/Description : A lot of hip hop stars now have TV shows, which is a very significant thing in the industry today. Back in the 1970s, hip hop songs were just party music. Now it's a movement that has been embraced everywhere. LL Cool J was just a fifteen year old rapper when Cynthia Horner first met him and now he is a successful TV star who is starring in NCIS.

Subject : Hip-hop; African American journalists; Rap (Music); LL Cool J, 1968-

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Cynthia Horner

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Queens, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:22

Identifier : aql:19999 qmp-ch-clip-000004