Hip-hop is not an art form but instead it should be considered a culture. Hip-hop is a culture that divides into 4 art forms Rap, breakdancing, graffiti, and deejaying. Each one of these art forms has their own call to fame from the slick metaphors that rap offers to the rhythmic body motions of a break dancer the tasteful images on buildings and billboards from graffiti artist all the way down to the cool hip sounds from the dj dash board. Now even though these 4 branches support the Hip-hop world in their own right they all have one thing in common, they have an immediate effect on what the world thinks is good to wear. Michael Dyson talks about this and more with artist like Jay-z and Nas in Know What I Mean: Reflections on Hip Hop, by
