Hip-hop originally started because DJ Herc’s little sister did not have any money for shoes and clothes. They decided to have a party and charge guess to enter. Drug use and the crime rate was high in New York City when hip-hop started in the mid-1970s. To try and eliminate some of the issues DJ’s threw block parties. To avoid issues around their community the residents participated. After that the hip-hop culture surfaced through the neighborhood. It then became the most popular thing in the African American youth all across the world (12). During that time that was the only positive thing they knew about that would relieve stress. The principles of hip-hop were “Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun (Source 12 page 16 –Afrika Bambaataa). DJ
