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Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, starting in the Bronx, New York City. Pioneered from Black American street culture, that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
Aug 9, 2023 · Hip-hop has impacted everything: Art, culture, fashion, community, social justice, politics, sports, business. This year is being marked as a 50th anniversary celebration.
Aug 10, 2023 · For 50 years, the essential writing — fables, comedies, diaries; adventure, memoir, porn — about young Black life in this country has been happening in hip-hop. Songs about feelings,...
- Wesley Morris
- Rapping. Rapping, the defining vocal style of hip-hop music, is an art form that combines elements of poetry, storytelling, and rhythmic speech. Our list of the top 20 greatest rappers of all time by TikTok influencer Ted the Toy Collector showcases this masterfully.
- Beats and Rhythm. The beats and rhythm of hip-hop music are its sonic backbone, providing the framework upon which all other elements are built. This characteristic of hip-hop is what gives the genre its distinctive sound and feel.
- Sampling. This is where expanding the characteristics of Hip Hop from 4 to 8 becomes apparent. Beats, rhythm, sampling, and DJing are traditionally lumped together, selling each element short, as each has not only existed on its own but also excelled.
- DJing. DJ Q-Bert performing at the DMC World Finals in 2012, was one of the most dynamic Hip Hop scratch DJs in the 1990s and 2000s. DJing in Hip Hop is an art form that involves the skillful manipulation of turntables to create new music.
Hip-hop or hip hop music, also known as rap, and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s by African Americans and Afro-Caribbean immigrants in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.
- Early 1970s, the Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Dec 10, 2021 · This year's best hip-hop — including Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy and Moor Mother — comes from death and defiance, erotic power and provocation, Black joy and pain — and that's just the shortlist.
Aug 1, 2023 · Hip-hop is 50 years old, yet its role in documenting and preserving the evolution of Black men’s health has seldom been acknowledged. How could it be when it’s fallen on miseducated ears...
