DJ Kool Herc

very iconic within this style of dance. This style of dance was not only popular in America, but it also spread to many different countries as well. The music of this time also played a very big role in breakdancing, especially with the help of DJ Kool Herc, who founded the name and music style of…

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…

“The poverty line, we not above /So out come the mask and glove cause we ain’t feelin’ the love/ We ain’t doing crime for the sake of doing crime/ We movin’ dimes cause we ain’t doin’ fine” - Jay Z, Say Hello. These four lines are the embodiment of the relationship between hip hop and what happens in the less glamorous parts of the nation’s star city, New York. For decades New York has been the hip hop headquarters, to a point where the goal was and is still to be named “King of New York.” Hip…

the dozens was a “particular form of verbal battle” (Durand 3) against two rappers where insulting and shaming the opponent was the focus. There was also the innovation into hip hop that year by Kool Herc who introduced the “Mobile Sound System and the Mixer” (Durand 3). Making Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc, the Grandfathers of Hip Hop. Due to that they were “the ones who helped rap music to enter the mainstream of America in the second half of the 1970s” (Durand…

However, the youth still wanted to party. DJs started interacting with and manipulating the vinyl records they played. At first, it became popular to play and replay the breaks in funk music, simply because crowds loved to dance to these parts. Kool DJ Herc is credited with originating this practice, and others, like DJ Grandmaster Flash, helped perfect the techniques, such as changing turntable speeds and turning the records manually.5 DJ Kool Herc, a.k.a. Clive Campbell, laid the first…

Emcee has to be quick on his feet and able to form rhyming sentences at will but, most importantly an emcee has to be original. Amongst hip hop culture the Emcee is one of the most respected individuals. The second element of hip hop is DJing. The Dj (Disk Jockey) is responsible for making only the funkiest of jams. To create the beats the break of a record is played on two records over and over. DJing is what really started hip hop and is essential for the next element. Breakdancing is the…

were used to make beats that were played at block parties in New York City by people like DJ Kool Herc. These beats were the isolation of the percussion breaks in the two popular genres funk and soul. BBoying is the dancing that is most associated with hip hop music. The term “BBoying” was coined by DJ Kool Herc when he described the people dancing to his music as “breakdancing”. This “breaking”, according to Herc, was actually slang for getting excited, or dancing with high energy. BBoys and…

A popular group that managed to produce such classics were NWA, a group from Compton consisting of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. A notable track that had captured the attention of the FBI was “F**k The Police”, which addressed police brutality whilst using aggressive production. Ice Cubes verse spoke of racial profiling that had occurred in Compton, California during the…

In 1973, Cindy Campbell was throwing a Back to School party. Cindy had her brother Clive Campbell spin records at her party, which led to the creation of Hip- Hop music. It probably started out like any other party in the Bronx, but Clive was inspired by his upbringing in Jamaica. Hip- Hop was created in the Bronx, Clive Campbell started it, and Hip- Hop has a big impact through it’s evolution. That’s why Hip- Hop is one of the most popular genres of music(Birthplace). First, It was created at…

Hip hop music has helped to culturally mold an entire generation. Although it started in the late 1970s with roots in rock & roll, reggae, jazz, blues, and funk, people still feel its effects to this day. Nearing its 4th decade, its rhythmic influence has spanned nearly the entire globe. However, the spell that it has placed on the masses over the years has not always had the best of outcomes. It is true that many artists have used the platform of the genre to profess violence, among other…