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Hip Hop History: From the Streets to the Mainstream - Icon Collective

Hip hop is a subculture and an art movement that emerged from the Bronx in New York City during the early 1970s. Its development reflected the negative effects ...

Hip hop music - Wikipedia

Hip hop or hip-hop, formerly known as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

Hip-hop | Definition, History, Dance, Rap, Music, Culture, & Facts

Hip-hop is a cultural movement that attained popularity in the 1980s and '90s. It is the backing music for rap, the musical style ...

The Birth of Hip Hop - YouTube

... hip hop genre. From school yards to ... The History of Rap (in less than 5 minutes) ... HIP HOP IS FROM THE BRONX: A Documentary of NYC's ...

Hip-Hop: A Culture of Vision and Voice - The Kennedy Center

The elements of Hip-Hop came together in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1970s. From a whole lot of nothing—and a whole lot of ...

History of Rap & Hip-Hop - Timeline of African American Music

Rap music (also referred to as rap or hip-hop music) evolved in conjunction with the cultural movement called hip-hop. Rap emerged as a minimalist street sound ...

Hip-Hop Music Guide: History of Hip-Hop and Notable Artists - 2024

Hip-hop is a genre of music most often characterized by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track. The genre originated in New York City ...

The Complete History of Hip Hop - PrepScholar Blog

Hip hop (or hip-hop, the two can be used interchangeably) began as a culture and art movement in the Bronx, where demographics were rapidly shifting in the ...

50 years of Hip-Hop: Exploring the Transformative Influence of Hip ...

Hip-hop music culture is a product of African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino inner-city communities plagued by poverty, the proliferation ...

Rapping - Wikipedia

Stemming from the hip-hop cultural movement, rap music originated in the Bronx, New York City, in the early 1970s and became part of popular music later that ...

Billboard Explains: The Origins of Hip-Hop - YouTube

Did you know 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop? The genre has lived through many different iterations from acts like Grandmaster ...

Hip-hop's history | August | 2023 | Brandeis Stories

Hip-hop is the product of a long history dating back to West Africa and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. We also look at other musical ...

History of hip-hop: How it became a global phenomenon - Red Bull

Here, on 11 August 1973, DJ Kool Herc debuted what would come to be one of the foundations of hip-hop: in an attempt to draw out the percussive ...

Hip Hop Culture: History and Trajectory - OpenSIUC

George et al., Fresh Hip Hop Don't Stop (New York: Random House, 1985), XIX; Cookie Lommel, The History of Rap Music. (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, ...

Birthplace Of Hip Hop | History Detectives - PBS

Birthplace Of Hip Hop ... The Case: A hip hop enthusiast from New York City has always heard that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx is the birthplace of hip hop.

Hip-Hop (R)Evolutions

The Hip-Hop Block Party returns to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, celebrating the culture ...

How LA proved hip-hop could go global — by staying thoroughly local

In 1981, two Air Force veterans, Disco Daddy and Captain Rapp, released LA's first official rap record after meeting at a club night welcoming ...

“To the Hip Hop and You don't Stop”: A Tribute for the 50th ...

This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip Hop. Rap, a genre of popular music rooted in funk, disco, and soul that ...

Hip-Hop History: A 50-Year Odyssey

In a grand display of opulence, the hip-hop landscape shifted towards an Era of Extravagance, also known as the 'Bling Era,' from 1997 to 2006. The Bling Era ...

What Is Hip Hop Dance? Learn the History & Moves at Home

Hip Hop Dance is a style of movement characterized by bounces and rocks, executed to Hip Hop music. It has deep historical and social roots in African American ...