Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007. Indexed in partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society. Name index of marriages recorded in the Indiana Territory and in the state of Indiana between 1811 and 1959. This collection includes searchable index data for marriage records from all Indiana counties except Howard, Johnson, and Montgomery.
Creation of the term hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap.
Hip-hop is believed to originate from African-American and West-African music, included the music of the griots. The griots of West Africa were a group of traveling singers and poets. Their musical style is reminiscent of what we call hip-hop and is part of an oral tradition dating back hundreds of years.y the end of the decade, Kurtis Blow had become the first hip-hop artist signed to a major record deal, and âRapperâs Delightâ by the Sugarhill Gang exposed America to hip hop in 1979. The Golden Age of the â80s. Image Source. Hip-hop would develop into a more complex form of music during the 1980s.