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Definition of Hip-Hop

 

Hip-hop is a modern culture consisting of music, fashion, and art. The

first people who made this music genre are the African Americans.

Keith Cowboy, a rapper with Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five,

made the term hip-hop. He was singing the words, “Hip hop hip hop,"

when he was teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army. Hip-

hop began to be popular all over the world. The four fundamental

elements in hip-hop: hip-hop dance, hip-hop art, hip-hop music, and

hip-hop fashion. Hip-hop dance includes break dancing and

interesting forms of street dance. Hip-hop art includes urban inspired

art and graffiti. Hip-hop music includes Dj-ing,

beatboxing, rapping, and hip-hop production. Rapping

includes MC-ing and urban-inspired poetry.

 

DJ-ing is a useful and

skilled talent in the

Hip-Hop industry.