The Hip Hop Cultural Movement

The Hip-Hop, cultural movement gained its widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s. The first rap song that was commercially released was in the summer of 1979, called "Kim Tim III (Personality Jock)" by the Fatback Band, but was relegated to the B-side of a more traditional R&B tune. Even though “Kim Tim III” was the first Hip Hop song commercially released the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” has been widely regarded to be the first hip hop record to gain widespread popularity in the mainstream. Before both of these songs were released, Hip Hop had been around for about seven years, but it was usually heard at block parties and discos where DJs would loop breakbeats and MCs would add their own live vocals. Outside of the Bronx, rap