By Nerdy Trivia | November 6, 2024
The Academy Awards spent decades celebrating classical composers and Broadway veterans, while hip-hop shaped global culture from the outside looking in. But in 2003, a rapper would claim that golden statue, but who would break through first?
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By Nerdy Trivia | September 10, 2024
“Ice Ice Baby” began life as a B-side for a cover of "Play That Funky Music". But the cover wasn’t well received, so DJ David Morales played “Ice” instead — and the rest is history. The lyrics have probably been crammed into your brain by now… right?
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By Nerdy Trivia | May 12, 2024
As a genre, we like to think of rap and hip-hop as relatively new. In fact, most people point to a specific moment — a 1973 party in New York City featuring DJ Kool Herc — when hip-hop was born. But the roots of rap go back much further than that. Spoken word poetry from the ‘60s and rhymes spoken over jazz music in the ‘40s only came after some say rap was already starting with blues music of the 1920s. Others point to the West African griot tradition, where for centuries poets have been task
Read moreBy Nerdy Trivia | August 15, 2023
You know him as the raspy rapper whose beats are undeniably catchy. You also know him as an actor in movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Heat, Blank Check, and animated movies like FernGully: The Last Rainforest. But Tone Lōc as mixologist? That might be a new one. Regardless, one of Tone's hits is indeed responsible for a slew of cocktails that you can now find on menus across the country. Which one was it? Click START to answer. What Tone Lōc hit has inspired numerous cocktails
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