The history of Hip-Hop
Music has been around since the beginning of civilization. Music was used to tell myths, religous stories and even warrior tales. Since the beginning of civilization music has greatly progressed. Music still tells a story, now we just have many genres to fulfill the cultural and social tastes of our modern day society. Hip-hop is a genre of music that has significantly grown the last couple of decades. It’s increased popularity has brought it to the forefront of globalization. Since hip-hop has come to the forefront, it has changed. Hip-hop has revolutionized, it wasn’t always how many people see it today. It revolutionized into the sounds and tunes that we now hear and to what most people, more specifically the younger population, has grown to love about it today.
Hip-hop first originated in the late 60's of the 20th century and continues to evolve to the present day. What began more than 30 years ago, boiled over into a particular movement and culture.
Hip-hop culture originated first in New York among black and Latino ghetto. Despite the fact that hip-hop as a way of life originated long ago in various parts of North America, the real birthplace of it is considered to be the South Bronx, which is indeed the black ghettos of New York, one of the poorest quarters known around that time. In 1967Clive Campbell came to South Bronx from Jamaica, he was then nick-named Kool Herc. He is considered to be one of the founders of hip-hop. Kool Herc later became known as "DJ". In Jamaica, the DJ was a "master" of the music system, which evolved around the lives of youth. He arranged parties and other get togethers for people of the rap society. Soon he became known as MC ( "master of ceremony"), he then gathered music plates and played and announced them. And when a DJ, besides making music, announced some rythmic text it became known as the word "rap". The street culture of it existed for centuries in all countries, but in the USA a country of ghettos had a
Hip-hop first originated in the late 60's of the 20th century and continues to evolve to the present day. What began more than 30 years ago, boiled over into a particular movement and culture.
Hip-hop culture originated first in New York among black and Latino ghetto. Despite the fact that hip-hop as a way of life originated long ago in various parts of North America, the real birthplace of it is considered to be the South Bronx, which is indeed the black ghettos of New York, one of the poorest quarters known around that time. In 1967Clive Campbell came to South Bronx from Jamaica, he was then nick-named Kool Herc. He is considered to be one of the founders of hip-hop. Kool Herc later became known as "DJ". In Jamaica, the DJ was a "master" of the music system, which evolved around the lives of youth. He arranged parties and other get togethers for people of the rap society. Soon he became known as MC ( "master of ceremony"), he then gathered music plates and played and announced them. And when a DJ, besides making music, announced some rythmic text it became known as the word "rap". The street culture of it existed for centuries in all countries, but in the USA a country of ghettos had a