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Hip-hop or hip hop (formerly known as disco rap) [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City. The genre is characterized by stylized rhythmic sounds—often built around disco grooves, electronic drum beats, and rapping, a percussive vocal delivery of rhymed poetic speech as consciousness-raising ...
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] and Caribbean Americans [3] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black and Caribbean American street culture, [5] [6] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery. [7]
As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 11, The Times looks back at the artists, songs and innovations that changed the course of popular culture. The 50 greatest moments in hip-hop history
New York City, birthplace of Hip-Hop, is honoring 50 years of the genre by projecting its history on the walls of an 114 year old building. New York City, birthplace of Hip-Hop, is honoring 50 ...
From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.
A hip-hop dancer at Zona club in Moscow. The history of hip-hop dances encompasses the people and events since the late 1960s that have contributed to the development of early hip-hop dance styles, such as uprock, breaking, locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping. African Americans created uprock and breaking in New York City.
But 25 years ago today came one of the most impressive release dates in rap history: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1998 brought about the debuts of Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life, Outkast’s Aquemini, Black Star ...
As TODAY celebrates hip hop's 50th anniversary, we spoke to some leaders in the industry, such as T.I., Ja Rule, 50 Cent and more about what hip hop means to them.