In Chapter 5, of "Yes Yes Y'all" on page 180, the pages are talking about the original spread of Hip-Hop. Clubs played a major role in helping the spread and popularity of Hip-Hop. Club owners would go around and find multiple rappers to come perform at their clubs. Clubs changed from once an older generation form of entertainment, to something that was geared toward high school and college students. Clubs started doubling in their size and by 1979 were extremely popular.
Once Clubs became popular and helped the spread of HipHop and rapping, the radio was then the next step. After rappers became popular locally they would strive to get on the air waves. HipHop was slowly but surely developing a name for itself.
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Without the clubs and radios helping to spread the popularity of Hip-Hop, I don't think Hip-Hop would have made it as far as it has come.
I agree with bell22. Clubs helped hip-hop spread in the beginning and with the help from mixed tapes, music videos, and DJ's it continues to spread.
I agree with both comments that were left for this post. Also, I think hip hop still has a big influence on clubs now. I think that a majority of the clubs open now play either strictly hip hop or dedicate either one room or one night to it. I think hip hop will remain a big part of clubs for a long time.
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