Although there are artists engaged in Hip-Hop music creation in all countries, most of the top artists who have led this music trend have been African-Americans for decades, so we have to talk about their rhythmic African descent.
The ancestors of most African-American residents were trafficked from the African continent to the United States through the bloody slave trade that began hundreds of years ago. This is a history of blood and tears. Since the discovery of resource-rich Africa, they have been plundered by highly civilized Europeans. At that time, Europeans thought fat and thin was a barbaric and backward land with no history, so they declared that they were plundering and spreading the fire of civilization.
Africa is one of the birthplaces of mankind, and the earliest human bone fossils in the world were found here. However, there is no written record of African history. However, the ancient tribes on the mainland developed another way to preserve information in words, that is, oral inheritance with vivid music and rhythm as the carrier. Some scholars wanted to investigate the lineage of an African tribal chief, so several aborigines came to him with drums, beat them and left. Scholars continue to wait. A few hours later, someone asked him why he was not introduced. He was told that someone had been here, and the introduction was over. It turns out that the drums with different rhythms are the family history of the chieftain. Africans did not write down their own culture in words, but inherited these spiritual heritages through music and other forms.
Music is an important part of African black culture. Every tribe has customs passed down from generation to generation, and all social activities have customs passed down from generation to generation. All social activities are served by music. Birth, wedding, harvest, war, death, there must be music at any important moment. And we can't simply use the word' music' to describe it. On the land of Africa, this is a sound culture necessary for life, except. Special musical instruments such as flutes, iron plows, coconut shells, reeds, clapping and stamping, and all other objects and means that can make sounds can be used to create music under certain circumstances.
Of course, drums are the most important musical instrument in Africa, and there are many kinds of African drums. Different types of drums and different drumming methods have different contents: calling, declaring war, singing and dancing, etc. Drums have strict rules, and drummers may even be executed for knocking wrong. Of course, this is too harsh, but it also reflects the importance of rhythm in Africa from one side. There are also professional musicians in Africa who play for various ceremonies.
African blacks were trafficked to the United States and became slaves as soon as they landed. In this strange new world, the music of their hometown has always existed in their hearts. They keep it in their own way. During the colonial period before American independence, the slaves' own parties and festivals continued. For example, chieftain's Day, a festival unique to blacks. Black people get together to freely elect their chiefs, but this is just a formality. Of course, slave owners will not allow or recognize the rights and existence of chiefs. The significance of this activity lies not in the election of chiefs, but in the fact that blacks can have a few days off to pursue their hobbies. Everyone can sing and dance according to African traditions, and drummers also beat drums representing chiefs from beginning to end.
While the colonists sold slaves, they also brought their religious beliefs to the New World. At that time, the slaves in the North American colonies actually preferred sons to daughters, and their parents were the heads of the family. Slaves usually take their family names, and their names are also listed on the family baptism list. Because the colonists were highly devout Catholics, in North America at that time, unbelievers would be rejected by the community, and they made their slaves Christians out of sincere beliefs. However, in only one book, black slaves also accepted the same Christian teachings as the colonists. Singing hymns is a compulsory course for religious edification, and most slaves sing the Pope's songs with great enthusiasm. In fact, the black slaves who were ravaged by slavery were the reflections of their own sufferings-Hebrews wandering in the desert, Jews imprisoned in Babylon, Jesus crucified, all of which they regarded as their own tragic stories. So black people constantly absorb religious knowledge and seek spiritual support for their suffering.