The art of graffiti was originated as the first of the four main elements of hip-hop. The founding father of this visual aspect of hip-hop is believed to be Darryl McCray, better known as CornBread. His tag, Cornbread, started appearing on the streets of Philadelphia as early as 1965, making him surprisingly famous. Apart from CornBread, the graffiti movement only started to spread in the mid-1970s, in traditionally Black neighborhoods around New York City such as the Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. Graffiti was a means for the underprivileged youth to express themselves, as well as a way to avoid a lifestyle of crime, a common fate for those of lower economic status. While the origins of graffiti are tags, murals, and stencils plastered around
