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