Rock Da Most

Rock Da Most was a German-based hip-hop group in Berlin. The group is composed of members DJ Derezone, DJ Run X Kid, MC Roskoe and MC Blacky. Credited with releasing the first record by a West German hip-hop group, Rock Da Most released ''Use the Posse'' in 1988 prior to the reunification of West and East Germany.Elflein, Dietmar. "From Krauts With Attitudes to Turks With Attitudes: Some Aspects of Hip-Hop History in Germany." Popular Music Vol. 17, No. 3. October 1998: 255-256. The twelve-inch single was rapped in English and released by a small West Berlin independent label.Horn, David. "Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11." P.379 This type of German hip hop, sonically resembles that which was forged in America.Brooks, Ann. "Popular Culture: Global Intercultural Perspectives" July 2014 p.97

Birthed by the hip-hop scene in Germany, Rock Da Most, like other hip-hop artists and groups, were influenced by the images of American hip-hop circulating at the time. During the late 1970s to mid 1980s, Germany experienced its short era of an old-school hip hop scene after Charlie Ahearn's 1982 film ''Wild Style'' and the 1984 film '' Beat Street'' produced by Harry Belafonte. Through the depiction of an African-American/Latino-American youth street culture in America, films like these influenced the hip-hop scene in Germany as well as its manifestation.

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German hip hop groups

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