Chapter 3, "Yes Yes Y'all" - The origins of the MC

The Bronx was developing a distinc MC style. Most MCs ( in the beginning) would only perform in clubs that had age requirements and dress codes. Although they performed originally for an older group of people, they could not help but try to capture the younger generation's hearts. Therefore MCs would try and perform and Apollo Theater. After a while of two seperate MC scenes, artists like Kurtis Blow and Love Bug Starski united the different scenes. Whipper Whip stated on page 78, " If you really wanna get right to where the MC-in' part came about in hip-hop, I would give that to DJ Hollywood. Going to see Hollywood, he didn't really rap like we did, but he had his chants... making the crow scream and stuff like that. There's different versions; there's scatting and all of that, but still I'd give it to Hollywood, Love Bug Starski, and that clan."