Native American hip hop

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Native American hip hop is popular among Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. Native American rappers began performing in the 1980s and '90s, drawing on influences like John Trudell's spoken word poetry. Litefoot, Julian B, Without Rezervation, and Robby Bee & the Boyz From the Rez are the most well-known Native American hip hop musicians ^[1].

Other recent groups, like Tha Tribe who use elements of powwow music in their recordings ^[2], and War Party, a Canadian crew that became the first native performers to host Rap City ^[3]. War Party is one of a number of Canadian groups to gain some chart success, including Tru Rez Crew and Slangblossom.

1 Other rappers
2 References
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Other rappers

Gooder Kind
Mack Foxx
Maniac The Siouxpernatural aka Jack The Ripper
Che Glawnii
Dead Indians
Em-Dubz
TACTiLE
Tribal Boyz
Justify (Bizzo)
MastaMindz
Marcus Quese Frejo
MC Big Flav
Shadowyze
Sakajawayway
SupaMan
Quese Imc

Dogsoldierz
Anybody Killa
Buggin Malone
Rollin' Fox
Btaka Brown
Red Suspect
Nomadic
Yaiva
Young Trev
Night Shield Entertainment
Tribe 2 Entertainment
Rez Hogs
RedCloud
Litefoot
Ostwelve aka Os-12
Manik
Joey Stylez
Tomahawk Funk
TKO
Taboo
JSK

[edit] References

Means, Andrew. "Hey-Ya, Weya Ha-Ya-Ya!". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), The Rough Guide to World Music, Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1858286360
Tha Tribe, Hip Hop Meets Powwow. World Music Central. Retrieved on June 21, 2005.
Warparty: The Great Natives from the North. Redwire magazine. Retrieved on June 21, 2005.
Native hip hop poised for breakthrough. Aboriginal.ca. Retrieved on June 21, 2005.