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This 1930s Quartet Didn’t Know It, But They Were Rap’s First Recorded Artists
Turns out, almost a century ago, a special group of men was spitting verses about Noah’s Ark, Ezekiel’s wheel, and every other juicy anecdote in the Bible. These days, we call it “Gospel rap,” and hail it as a genre pioneered by a 1930s US gospel group, “The Jubalaires,” who paved the way for 1990s hip hop and rap. As a quartet, they looked to spirituals, folk songs, and “jubilee” style singing to craft a style that was both entirely their own…
The Florida group consisted of Orville Brooks, Ted Brooks, Caleb Ginyard, George McFadden, and later on Willie Johnson (who left a group called “The Golden Gate Quartet” to join). In addition to their talent, hard work, and showbiz luck, it was the rise of radio that fed the Jubalaires’ success, and of King Records (a Black-centered label) and Capitol Records.
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Turns out, almost a century ago, a special group of men was spitting verses about Noah’s Ark, Ezekiel’s wheel, and every other juicy anecdote in the Bible. These days, we call it “Gospel rap,” and hail it as a genre pioneered by a 1930s US gospel group, “The Jubalaires,” who paved the way for 1990s hip hop and rap. As a quartet, they looked to spirituals, folk songs, and “jubilee” style singing to craft a style that was both entirely their own…
The Florida group consisted of Orville Brooks, Ted Brooks, Caleb Ginyard, George McFadden, and later on Willie Johnson (who left a group called “The Golden Gate Quartet” to join). In addition to their talent, hard work, and showbiz luck, it was the rise of radio that fed the Jubalaires’ success, and of King Records (a Black-centered label) and Capitol Records.
This 1930s Quartet Didn't Know It, But They Were Rap's First Recorded Artists
Turns out, almost a century ago, a special group of men was spitting verses about Noah's Ark, Ezekiel's wheel, and every other juicy anecdote in the Bible. These days, we call it "Gospel rap," and hail it as a genre pioneered by a 1930s US gospel group, "The Jubalaires," who paved the way for 1990s
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The Arkansas Negro Boys' Industrial School (1927-1968) was a juvenile correctional facility for black male youth in Arkansas.[1] There were two locations in 1936, one in Jefferson County[2] and one in Wrightsville[3] 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Little Rock. A fire in 1959 at the children's dormitory killed twenty-one victims.
In the pre-dawn morning of March 5, 1959, a fire was set in the dormitory of the Wrightsville facility.[9] Arthur Ray Poole, aged 16, one of two inmate "sergeants" with minor responsibility, smelled the smoke.[1]: 3 [5] Police never investigated to determine who or what may have caused the fire, although many claims have been made. The doors had been locked into the dormitory, and the windows covered with "heavy gauge wire mesh", making escape nearly impossible. It is noted that the equivalent school for white children did not have a protocol of locking their doors.[10][1]: 3 O. F. "Charley" Meadows, a 16-year-old night sergeant, helped in breaking open one window, allowing for egress.[1]: 4 [6] 48 boys managed to escape, while 21 burned to death.
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Carmen DeLavallade and Geoffrey Holder Are Engaged - Jet Magazine, February 17, 1955
his wife:
Here they are later years:
Carmen is my sons people on his Maternal side.
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Take a look at this incredible sight! The space shuttle Endeavour, fresh from the STS-126 mission, is seen here mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, flying over the stunning Mojave Desert in California. This historic event took place on December 10, 2008, when the shuttle began its three-day journey back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We're honored to share this breathtaking moment with you!
Despite slavery-era statutes that outlawed black literacy, he learned to read and write as a child with the help of Sampson, his father. When slavery ended, Love's parents stayed on the Love plantation as sharecroppers, attempting to raise tobacco and corn on about 20 acres, but Sampson died shortly after the second crop was planted. Afterward, Nat took a second job working on a local farm to help make ends meet. At about this time, he was noted as having a gift for breaking horses. After some time of working extra odd jobs in the area, he won a horse in a raffle on two occasions, which he then sold back to the owner for $50 each time. He used the money to leave town, and at the age of 16, headed to the Western United States.
After driving a herd of cattle to the rail head in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, he claimed to have entered a rodeo on the 4th of July in 1876, enticed by the $200 prize money. The only difficulty with this story is that Deadwood newspapers, which covered every event of the Fourth of July celebrations, make no mention of a rodeo that day. He claimed to have won the rope, throw, tie, bridle, saddle, and bronco riding contests. It was at this rodeo that he claims friends and fans gave him the nickname "Deadwood Dick," a reference to a literary character created by Edward Lytton Wheeler, a dime novelist of the day.
Love left the cowboy life before he married a woman named Alice in 1889 and settled down. They lived in Denver, Colorado initially. He took a job in 1890 as a Pullman porter, which involved overseeing sleeping cars on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. While working for the railroad, he and his family resided in several western states, before finally moving to southern California.
"Mounted on my horse my ... lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt ... I felt like I could defy the world."
In October 1877, Nat Love wrote that he was captured by a band of Pima Indians while rounding up stray cattle near the Gila River in Arizona. Although he claimed to have received over 14 bullet wounds in his career (with "several" received in his fight with the Native Americans while trying to avoid capture), Love wrote that his life was spared because the Indians respected his heritage, a large portion of the band themselves being of mixed blood. He almost married the chief's daughter. The band of Native Americans nursed him back to health, wishing to adopt him into the tribe. Eventually, Love writes, he stole a pony and escaped into West Texas.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) She was the first great recording star of gospel music, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll". She was such an influential force for early rock n roll, she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues.
Arnold saw that pussy mound and said ,"PROTEIN!"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, September 1979
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