General Awareness

Music and Dance Artists

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This hub covers important questions on music and dance artists across various genres. It includes trivia on musicians, iconic albums, and cultural milestones. These topics are frequently asked in the general awareness sections of competitive exams.

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Music and Dance Artists Questions

Multiple choice

Who released the album (Watch the Throne) in 2011?

  1. Kanye West and Jay-Z

  2. Outkast

  3. Nas

  4. The Notorious B.I.G.
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Explanation

(Watch the Throne) is a collaborative album between Kanye West and Jay-Z, showcasing their combined talents and featuring hit singles like (Otis) and (Niggas in Paris).

Multiple choice

Which hip hop artist released the album (Yeezus) in 2013?

  1. Kanye West

  2. Jay-Z

  3. Nas

  4. The Notorious B.I.G.
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(Yeezus) is Kanye West's sixth album and is known for its abrasive and experimental sound, featuring industrial and electronic influences.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop song?

  1. Rapper's Delight

  2. The Message

  3. Planet Rock

  4. Walk This Way
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Rapper's Delight was released in 1979 by the Sugarhill Gang and is considered to be the first hip hop song.

Multiple choice

Who is considered to be the father of hip hop?

  1. Grandmaster Flash

  2. Afrika Bambaataa

  3. Kool Herc

  4. DJ Kool DJ Red Alert
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Kool Herc is considered to be the father of hip hop because he was one of the first DJs to play breakbeats, which is a technique that is essential to hip hop music.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop album?

  1. Fresh

  2. Wild Style

  3. Run-D.M.C.

  4. Raising Hell
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Fresh was released in 1982 by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and is considered to be the first hip hop album.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop group to win a Grammy Award?

  1. Run-D.M.C.

  2. Beastie Boys

  3. Public Enemy

  4. A Tribe Called Quest
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Run-D.M.C. won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1988 for their song "Walk This Way".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to sell over 10 million albums?

  1. LL Cool J

  2. Run-D.M.C.

  3. Beastie Boys

  4. Public Enemy
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LL Cool J sold over 10 million albums with his 1987 album "Bigger and Deffer".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?

  1. Run-D.M.C.

  2. Beastie Boys

  3. Public Enemy

  4. LL Cool J
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Run-D.M.C. had a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986 with their song "Walk This Way".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to win an Academy Award?

  1. Common

  2. Jamie Foxx

  3. Queen Latifah

  4. Will Smith
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Common won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015 for his song "Glory" from the film "Selma".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

  1. Run-D.M.C.

  2. Beastie Boys

  3. Public Enemy

  4. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
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Explanation

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize?

  1. Kendrick Lamar

  2. Jay-Z

  3. Kanye West

  4. Chance the Rapper
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Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018 for his album "DAMN".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

  1. Bob Dylan

  2. Bruce Springsteen

  3. Stevie Wonder

  4. Jay-Z
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Jay-Z was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017 by President Barack Obama.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. Bob Dylan

  2. Toni Morrison

  3. Alice Munro

  4. Kazuo Ishiguro
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Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for his "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year?

  1. Outkast

  2. Kanye West

  3. Kendrick Lamar

  4. Bruno Mars
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Outkast won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2004 for their album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below".

Multiple choice

What is the name of the first hip hop artist to be awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year?

  1. Lauryn Hill

  2. Outkast

  3. Kanye West

  4. Bruno Mars
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Lauryn Hill won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1999 for her song "Doo Wop (That Thing)".