Hip Hop Culture

All individuals are different and have different ways of connecting. The power of music can connect people. Individuals express themselves in different ways. Music is used to express life experiences and other things. Many use the art of hip-hop to express themselves. Hip-hop is a form of art which can be expressed through a history rap songs, breakdancing, and graffiti art. Hip-hop culture has evolved and is a large part of today’s generation. It has breached out and has an influence all over the globe.
The culture of hip-hop has impact and influence on millions of people. It is this way because not only is a genre of music, but a way of life. It is a style, a way to express, and a way to carry themselves. With the many positives of hip-hop culture there is always ones seeking to present the culture as a negative. The media is one of those seekers who try to darken the image of hip-hop culture. Not at all media do this but there is some who do. The media uses multiple things, such as stereotypes, to create a negative presentation of hip-hop culture.
1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx New York is the birthplace of hip-hop. On August 11, 1973 a sister of DJ Kool Herc was hosting a back to school party. Herc was entertaining the party and he decided to try something new. He extended an instrumental beat to let people dance longer and began MC’ing during the extended breakdancing (Zuberi). The extension of the instrumental beat was the start of scratching. Scratching is the moving of a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable to create rhythmic sounds and and sound effects. The extension of letting people dance longer is break dancing and the “MC’ing” is the origin of rap. An important part of African American culture in both the public and private realms is rhymed