Aaron Gamble
11/8/15
English 1101
“From Hip Hop To Doo Wop”

The Story “From Hip Hop To Doo Wop: The Bittersweet Odyssey Of African-American In The South Bronx” by Mark Naison addresses life in the south Bronx. He also addresses the influences of music in the area, he goes on to name the popular songs that come out of the Bronx, which were The Chantel’s “Maybe” and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The message” He also stated an interesting fact, those two bands lived less than six blocks away from one another. Back then the Bronx was an important center of musical creativity in the blues and hip hop eras.