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The History of Rap/Hip-Hop Rapping, also known as rhyming, spitting, and emceeing it is still referred to as rap and hip-hop. But, it seems that nobody ever talks about the story of how rap and hip-hop started. The history of rap and hip-hop was not only the start of a genre but, something new and creative. Rap and Hip-hop has an interesting origin story, has influenced by different genres of music, and created a new movement of freedom of speech. Dating back to the 60s and 70s in the South…

Rap/Hip hop music is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic, and rhyming speech that is chanted. Rap/Hip-Hop music as we know it today, actually began thousands of years ago in Africa with the “griots”. Griots were village story tellers who played a simple handmade instrument while they told stories of family, village, and hunting events. The griot still is a major form of communication in…

Business Mission The Buena Park Museum of Hip Hop conserves significant artifacts as part of an exhibit for the general public to view. The exhibit allows people to explore hip hop by viewing it through an artistic, cultural, and historical lens. The museum breaks new ground for people both well-versed and unfamiliar with the subject. Establishing a museum fills a community need by educating people, and engaging the local population. The business aims to serve as a source of entertainment, a…

concept through hip hop music and its associated culture. The authors are in agreement that hip hop began in the United States as a primarily African American art form. They share the belief that it is not solely a genre, but a culture. Bennett and Alim explore the globalization of hip hop culture and how it is adapted and appropriated in space and place. They are suitable for comparison due to their similar focus. Both articles explore the hip hop genre and its associated culture. Hip hop is…

Hip hop helps people express how they feel. People listen to hip hop to have a good time when they are partying.Hip hop also encourages people to be themselves and to step out of their comfort zone. Students at school listen to music while doing their work because it keeps them calm and quiet, it also allows them to focus more. If a person is in a bad mood, they just listen to some hip hop and might be in a better mood. Even though many people say that hip hop degrades people and culture, it…

Hip-Hop was introduced in Japan in the 1980’s when the U.S Hip-Hop artists came to tour and did their concerts. Also, it became popular through U.S media and movies like “Wild Style” taken place in the Bronx, which got the first generation Japanese hip hoppers into hip hop. The main elements in Hip-Hop was Djing, break dancing, and graffiti. Mostly likely Japanese hip hoppers are teenagers and in their 20’s. Discos was the spot for hip hoppers to come and chill, but since Djing came along it…

Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s, among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards, became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore, it consists of four fundamental elements, which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap, turntablism, b-boying, and lastly graffiti…

Between the Disconnect: Exploring the Rise of Hip-Hop in South Korea Hip hop was an underground movement during the 90s in South Korea. Members of the hip hop community were few and often rumored to be part of a “Westernized cult” (Maher). Fast forward less than a decade, hip hop has emerged and taken a strong presence in South Korea’s music industry. Amongst the Barbie-like girl groups donning pink school girl skirts and metro-sexual boy bands, hip hop artists are the definite black sheep of…

chapter, Cobb explained that at its core, hip hop’s foundation contains three elements: the beats, the lyrics, and the flow. The beats refer to the type of music one will be emceeing over. The beat of hip hop usually contains rhythm that one may be able to dance with. Lyrics refer to the content of what the artist is saying over the beat. Flow refers to the specific way in which beats and lyrics are combined. Cobb also explained that, “The heart of the art of hip hop is how MC does what he…

Violence is a large aspect of the Hip-Hop culture that many people look down upon it for. Originally, Hip Hop was formed to escape the violent nature of the cities through connecting people in an artistic way. Violence was not created from Hip Hop, but rather Hip Hop was created as a way to deal with the violence. It allowed the youth of the city to express what was really going on in these areas of social distress. It was a positive and healthy way to escape the dangers that many young men and…