Name: Hur hopprepet fick sin rytm
Uploaded: 2018-03-15T12:50:22Z
Duration: 3 min 22 s
Description: "Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hopen har drottningarna av hopprep att tacka. Etnomusikologen Kyra Gaunt tar med oss på en rundtur i hopprepets fascinerande historia.

Kyra Gaunt : Hur hopprepet fick sin rytm

Hur hopprepet fick sin rytm

"Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hopen har drottningarna av hopprep att tacka. Etnomusikologen Kyra Gaunt tar med oss på en rundtur i hopprepets fascinerande historia.

Jump rope is more than a simple toy; it shaped music, culture, and community, especially for Black girls in urban America. In the 1950s, girls claimed the sidewalks of Harlem, Bronx, and Brooklyn, using skipping games like Double Dutch to create rhythmic spaces of creativity. These playground chants and beats became the backbone of countless hip-hop tracks, echoing across generations. The jump rope’s steady rhythm helped carry memory, culture, and movement far beyond the playground.