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Hip hop music - Wikipedia
WEBHip-hop, or hip-hop music, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from African Americans and Afro-Caribbean immigrants in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.
Hip-hop | Definition, History, Dance, Rap, Music, Culture, & Facts ...
WEBJun 1, 2024 · Hip-hop is a cultural movement that attained popularity in the 1980s and ’90s. It is the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement’s most lasting and influential art form.
Hip Hop History: From the Streets to the Mainstream - Icon …
WEBFrom the street corner to the world stage, hip hop has grown into one of the world’s most prominent musical genres and cultural influences. Explore significant events in hip hop history and its explosive evolution.
What is Hip Hop? Definition, history and culture - Red Bull
WEBDec 5, 2023 · A cultural movement about expression and identity. Hip-hop culture, born in the vibrant streets of New York City during the late 1970s, emerged as a beacon of self-expression and empowerment...
Rap | History, Artists, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMay 29, 2024 · Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (’rapped’) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling, is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying, graffiti painting, and break dancing.
History of hip-hop: How the genre took over the world - Red Bull
WEBBorn out of the New York street culture of the 1970s, hip-hop is now the world's biggest music genre. Explore its history through Red Bull's unparalleled lecture archive.
Hip-hop at 50: A history of explosive musical and cultural innovation
WEBOn August 11, 1973, a young innovative DJ rocked a modest party for fellow teenagers in a small community room in a Bronx apartment building. What Kool Herc did behind the turntables at that...
The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021 - NPR
WEBDec 10, 2021 · This year's best hip-hop — including Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy and Moor Mother — comes from death and defiance, erotic power and provocation, Black joy and pain — and that's just the shortlist.
The 50 greatest moments in hip-hop history - Los Angeles Times
WEBAug 7, 2023 · As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 11, The Times looks back at the artists, songs and innovations that changed the course of popular culture.
The 500 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time - YouTube Music
WEBThe 500 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time. A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for Android, iOS and desktop. It's all here.