Hype man
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A hype man, typically in hip-hop music, is a backing vocalist who supports the primary performer with exclamations, interjections, or ad-libs in an attempt to increase an audience's excitement or enga
Hype man Flavor Flav (left) exciting the crowd while lead rapper Chuck D performs.
House of Pain's hype man Danny Boy O'Connor doing the call-and-response technique
Fugazi
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Fugazi is an American post-hardcore band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty.
Hype man
…dancing and/or stage patter. Examples include Bob Nastanovich for Pavement, Bez of The Happy Mondays, Beau Beau Butler of Avail, and Guy Picciotto in Fugazi's earliest incarnation. Danny Boy O'Connor for House of Pain…
Fugazi performing at Emo's in 2002; left to right: Ian MacKaye, Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto (not pictured: Joe Lally)
Handmade tickets for a Fugazi concert from 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Fugazi performing at the 1988 Alternatives Festival in Washington D.C.