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Rap music (commonly referred to as hip hop music) is a very popular genre of music that has been around since the 1970s. Its origins are generally credited to African-Americans in the South Bronx area in New York City (East side!!) Did you know: Hip hop music developed as part of hip hop culture. The culture comprised: deejaying (turntabling), MCing (rapping), graf (graffiti paiting), and B-boying (Break dancing). Of all the components of hip hop culture, rap music has turned out to be the most dominant aspect. It has taken over the world by storm!!! You can read detailed articles on hip hop, here and here . Also, Why there will never be a GOAT in hip hop Over time, rap music has come to be associated with violence, sex, drugs, extreme luxury etc. Anectdotally, this might be due to the topics that early hip hop artists were singing about (a case of art of imitating life) and the propagation of myths and stereotypes. Beefs and murders involving people in the hip hop industry h

If you have lived in Kenya as long as I have, the term 'Harambee' should, at the very least, ring a bell. 'Harambee' is a Swahili term that literally means 'all pull together'. If you need help, be it money-wise, labour-wise… it doesn't matter, all you have to do 'ni kuita Harambee' and your community's got you!! Harambee is such a revered activity in Kenya, it's our country's official motto! (I bet you didn't know that) *To be clear, I do realise pulling together is not exclusively Kenyan* So, with Harambee's prevelance, someone must have decided to bring it into the digital world. Yes, they did. So, what do you get when you cross our spirit of Harambee with technology? You build massive platforms and call it crowdfunding! Kickstarter , Indiegogo , Crowdsupply , GoFundme etc. There's a tonne of these crowdfunding platforms on the web. If you have an idea that you'd like to execute but do not have the capital to do that