Graffiti first emerged in places like Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and The Roman Empire in coliseums in the form of curse words. Although the word itself came from the Italian word “Graffitio” (a Scratch) later becoming the word Graffiti in the mid 19th Century.It then sprouted in the 1970’s where it was known as “Vandilism”, then became street art in the mid 80’s , it then moved to gallery art and even becoming a part of pop-culture. Graffiti has changed a lot after it’s debut.
The 1970’s is the beginning of graffiti. It all began with Taki 183 he is known as the “Father of Graffiti” because he started Competitive Tagging; Writers would tag their name all around New York City to see whose name would be seen the most. Then you get Blade who’s credited as being the “King of Graffiti” since, he has over 5,000 train pieces. He also used his knowledge in geometry to create new styles such as overlapping 3D and Blockbuster and themes that play with your perception. Last but not least Lady Pink she is known as The “First Lady Of Graffiti” She also starred as the leading …show more content…
Raping rose to awareness in 79 because of Sugar Hill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, but what does rap mean some see it as the problems of the world today but really it’s an spoken expression of self they channel themselves through their music they rap what is real try to stay away from defining rap because it doesn't need to be defined it’s what you want it to be, there are a lot of influential rappers such as DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, J.cole, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator and Joey Bada$$. Lastly you have breaking/dancing there are a lots of different dances and a lot of them have different meanings but again it’s an physical expression self same as Rap same as Graffiti. Hip Hop is so essential to life every aspect is an expression self
The 1970’s is the beginning of graffiti. It all began with Taki 183 he is known as the “Father of Graffiti” because he started Competitive Tagging; Writers would tag their name all around New York City to see whose name would be seen the most. Then you get Blade who’s credited as being the “King of Graffiti” since, he has over 5,000 train pieces. He also used his knowledge in geometry to create new styles such as overlapping 3D and Blockbuster and themes that play with your perception. Last but not least Lady Pink she is known as The “First Lady Of Graffiti” She also starred as the leading …show more content…
Raping rose to awareness in 79 because of Sugar Hill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, but what does rap mean some see it as the problems of the world today but really it’s an spoken expression of self they channel themselves through their music they rap what is real try to stay away from defining rap because it doesn't need to be defined it’s what you want it to be, there are a lot of influential rappers such as DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, J.cole, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator and Joey Bada$$. Lastly you have breaking/dancing there are a lots of different dances and a lot of them have different meanings but again it’s an physical expression self same as Rap same as Graffiti. Hip Hop is so essential to life every aspect is an expression self