Eva Marie King's Hip Hop History blog

(Repost) Essay: Who Will Write the History of Pioneer Women, Fly Girls and B- Girls in Hip Hop? So the fuck what, you have an school tape of a old school female MC rhyming back in the 1970s. Old school tape cassette collectors, answer the following vital question. Who will write the comprehensive history of Pioneer Women, Fly Girls and B-Girls in Hip Hop, but me - Eva Marie King, MS. Yeah so like I said in the past I began rhyming as MC Juiccy E in 1976 on 169th Street and 118th Avenue in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens, New York City USA with my "day one" MC Spunky Dee.  MC Spunky Dee would never get on the microphone at park jams or house parties, but she always pushed through a crowd of dudes at any park jam to say to the DJ, "Yo my girl wanna rhyme."  At age twelve in 1977 we had no fear, hell I practiced damn-near every day with DJ Mike D of the M&M Crew on 169th Street. My rhymes were "fresh," as we use to say as young Fly Girls and B-Girls in the seve

169th Street Crew Girls, Original FlyGirls repping SouthSide Jamaica, Queens audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CQM7NtGYpdNtDNPWLGgh2?si=cCQpg5jIRfi3ExkOd3_Wbg&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I discuss The 169th Street Crew Girls which I and MC Spunky Love founded in 1976. Other FlyGirls were Sugar D, Queen Bee, Panda, Tree, Spicy, Freakie Nieke and Lil Lisa additional FlyGirls also hung out with us throughout the late 70s and early 80s. We partied together at house parties, Park Jams, Fantasia (the first Hip Hop Club in SouthSide Jamaica), the Jamaica Armory, the Audobon Ballroom and early Hip Hop Jams in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn from 1976 - 1983. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Access the social media for 169th Street Crew via Instagram: @169thStreetCrewFilms http://www.Instagram.com/ 169thStreetCrewFilms and Facebook: The 169th Street Crew Girls https://www.facebook.com/groups/

Barshon, The Ethiopian King aka Stoney G, Queensbridge Houses first Hip Hop MC audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King. https://open.spotify.com/episode/697p2TdwpQuPIVkFnzm1kb?si=2elVB_sNQxqdEDJq8nlntQ&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I discuss Barshon who is credited with being the first Hip Hop MC from Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, New York City USA.  Barson currently tours with Furious 5 MCs and The Sugarhill Gang nationally and internationally.  It's important to write about Barshon to educate our children and youth that MCing was being done by artists in Queensbridge Houses in the 1970s. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Access the social media of Barshon via Instagram: @BarshonFurious5._Sugar_Hill http://www.Instagram.com/ BarshonFurious5._Sugar_Hill or Facebook: Barshon https://www.Facebook.com/Barshon.Gibbs Connect with me via: @ProfessorEvaMarieKing on Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/ProfessorE

Excerpt of "A SouthSide Jamaica, Queens Hip Hop Story" by The Legendary Pioneer MC Eva Marie King, MS, est. 1970 As I sat on the corner of 118th Avenue and 169th Street braiding my own hair in connected box braids on those hot summer days, I thought the 70s would last forever.  Being a 10-year-old Black girl in Jamaica, Queens in those days before crack cocaine made a lot of young preteens and teenagers rich, and sent even more to the penitentiary and the cemetery, were the best of times in this first Black middle-class town in New York City. My childhood home sat on an intersection that connected the SouthSide of Jamaica to 118th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard.  As preteens and teenagers walked from 40 Projects (South Jamaica Houses) to the New Park on Merrick Boulevard and Baisley Boulevard for Park Jams, I observed the Savage Skulls and Seven Crowns cut through my block on many occasions, wearing their cut off jean jacket vests, baring their gangs colors and names. The man

The Pendergrass Family from 118th Road and Ring Place and Chrissy and Tony being young Pioneer DJs of Hip Hop audio podcasts by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/67aVgK0GWuGFAFJx4rpTPz... On the episode I discuss The Pendergrass Family from 118th Road and Ring Place in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens, New York City USA. In the 1970s brothers Chrissy and Tony Pendergrass were exceptional young teenage Pioneer DJs of SouthSide Jamaica Hip Hop. They were also outstanding basketball players and students. Their older brother Craig Pendergrass was one of the best basketball players in the city. Also, the older sister Lurvie was one of the most beautiful sisters in the neighborhood, she was also artistic and creative and an excellent student. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Access the social media of Chrissy Pendergrass via Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/chrissy.pendergrass.7?mibextid=ZbWKwL  and Tony Pendergrass via Facebook:

@JLShotThat, Hip Hop Filmmaker and Music Video Director/Producer audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZNyVvQjj0ZXZUfUORWY50?si=33gelIYZQCmlKhmzcfX4Gw&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I speak about JL professionally known as Jeremi Lam of "JL Shot That" and his recent national and international touring as a Filmmaker and Videographer.  JL is a native of Hollis, Queens, New York City and I just had to speak about him and his continued success.  He has worked with many major recording artists including Pop Smoke (RIP), Fivio Foreign and Lil TJay. I met JL as an artist with ABC GanG in December 2009 when he was known as Nemesis aka Mr. Already and he created phenomenal rhymes and beats. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Connect with JL via his website: http://www.JLShotThat.com, Instagram: @JLShotThat http://www.Instagram.com/ JLShotThat and Twitter: @JLShotThat http://www.Twitter.com/ J

(Repost) Lisa, Diane and the Birth of Black Comedy at The Proper Café To keep it totally "100" with my "oldheads" and "young'uns," Lisa Angel Ray and Diane Gibbs, the founders of Non-Stop Entertainment masterminded and gave birth to weekly Black Comedy shows in Queens, New York City. For me, prior to attending "Tuesday Night Comedy" at The Proper Cafe in 1991, my exposure to Black Comedy had been limited to seeing the Richard Pryor film "Live on Sunset Strip" in 1982 and going to the Eddie Murphy "Raw" concert at Madison Square Garden in 1987. Well, I should also include sneaking into my dad's record collection and listening to the raunchy adult comedy of "Wild Man Steve" and Redd Foxx, I'm just saying. I won't even front, and act like my homegirls and I were traveling to Manhattan to "Caroline's on Broadway" because we weren't. Besides we needed our weekly dose of the latest Hip Ho

DJ Divine of Infinity Machine (DJ Crew) is the Father of SouthSide Jamaica, Queens Hip Hop audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TOuvN4cKeIHakpMipxhq3?si=xF0e2p1ySZKQcwTD2Wuyjg&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I discuss DJ Divine of Infinity Machine (DJ Crew).  I refer to him as the Father of SouthSide Jamaica, Queens Hip Hop. With a career spanning over five decades, DJ is a Pioneer of Hip Hop, Elder and Leader too. Search DJ Divine on YouTube for videos of my True History of SouthSide Jamaica Hip Hop for detailed information on his career.  Listen to my additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel.  Access DJ Divine on social media via Instagram @DJDivine57 http://www.Instagram.com/DJDivine57.  Connect with me Professor Eva Marie King at @ProfessorEvaMarieKing via Instagram http://www.Instagram.com/ProfessorEvaMarieKing.

A.U. Hogan and Erica Ford of Life Camp, Inc. are Pioneers of Hip Hop Movement audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Q58vLFP1HbWznue2kp6NM?si=VbcpZ-aLRQO5N1jFYY3PHQ&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I speak about Allah Understanding professionally known as A.U. Hogan and Erica Ford as Pioneers of Hip Hop Movement.  Both participated in early Hip Hop functions in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens, New York City with countless other youth who rocked the mandatory fashion of this era.  I briefly spoke to A.U. today and reminisced about some of the Park Jams at Baisley Park Houses (Baisley Projects), Baisley Projects Community Center and the Democratic Club. I look forward to including Erica Ford and A.U. in my Queens Hip Hop History Timeline Exhibit. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Connect with  A.U. Hogan on social media via Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=570987895&mibextid=ZbWKwL an

Fantasia, the first Hip Hop Club in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens, NYC audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RrErCcWUkl9adwRtZJAgz?si=z4I6iEUwSHe36v81bwGtYQ&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I discuss Fantasia, the first Hip Hop Club in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens which opened in 1977 and closed in approximately 1981. Fantasia was located on Merrick Boulevard between Linden Boulevard and 115th Avenue in SouthSide Jamaica, Queens. DJ Crews from all over NYC came to Fantasia to perform, BGirls and BBoys rocked every weekend too.  Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel.  Access my Instagram account via @ProfessorEvaMarieKing http://www.Instagram.com/ProfessorEvaMarieKing.

  JHS 72 Queens Original FlyGirls - 1976 entering class audio podcast by Professor Eva Marie King https://open.spotify.com/episode/3X9h69xzBzYFuNWPRFyeMb?si=KmjalzDHQsq0CX9a02YPMA&utm_source=copy-link On this episode I discuss Original FlyGirls who were my schoolmates and classmates at JHS 72 Queens (Catherine & Count Basie School Middle School 72) and who entered in September 1976 with me.  I give a special shout out and tribute to Monique "Mo-Mo" Thomas (RIP) and Darlene Parks (RIP).  Some of the Original FlyGirls that I mentioned were Kim Stalworth, Keisha Brown, Juliette White, Dee-Dee, Lisa Angel Ray, Michelle Minton, Desiree Taylor and Tina Davis. Listen to additional audio podcasts on this Queens Hip Hop History channel. Access my social media via Instagram @ProfessorEvaMarieKing http://www.Instagram.com/ ProfessorEvaMarieKing.

The young MC Juiccy E, est. 1970 and young DJ Kendo, est. 1975 tribute to Original FlyGirls (1976) from JHS 72 Queens In September 1976, Queens Hip Hop Legend, DJ Kendo, est. 1975 and I were freshmans at the Catherine & Count Basie School (JHS 72 Queens), by Spring semester 1978 Kendo was "cutting it up" on the Wheels of Steel at the Spring Prom; and I was rocking the microphone as the young 12-year-old MC Juiccy E, est. 1970. (Attached photograph of Professor King and DJ Kendo @DJKendobeckwith captured by: @SouthSideAllStar) Seeing DJ Kendo last summer in August 2021 at the Jamaica Playground in South Jamaica Houses (40 Projects) during GMV/Queens Day reminded me that he still enjoys DJing, MCing, breakbeats and the entire movement and culture of SouthSide Jamaica, Queens Hip Hop just as much as I do. When I rock the microphone and DJ Kendo rocks "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" and "Love is the Message," it will be to pay homage and show honor an