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(via allhiphop.com) – Recently, the History Network announced that it was launching a new program, “True Hip-Hop History.” The show is being promoted as a groundbreaking effort to expose America to the authentic origins of rap music. The first episode, scheduled to air later this month, is “Eminem: The Father of Hip-Hop…”

One of the most popular shows on the Discovery Channel is “Myth Busters, “ a program where, every week, the cast sets out to reveal the truth about long held falsehoods. With all the lies that have circulated around Hip-Hop for the last 30 years, the culture sure could use its own squad of Myth Bustas.

Although, November is traditionally celebrated as Hip-Hop History Month, much of the information that has been propagated about the genre has been more hype than history.

Like any other aspect of history, Hip-Hop is vulnerable to revisionism. Facts are often distorted, and sometimes flat-out lies are regarded as the undisputed truth.

Napoleon once said,”History is a set of lies agreed upon.” So it is with Hip-Hop. There are so many historical inaccuracies within Hip-Hop that it would take longer than a month to decipher them all.

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