| Hip-hop music or rap music is an admired and famous | | | | Scott-Heron were significant in a big way for the |
| style or genre of music in the USA. This well-known | | | | advent of hip-hop in the 1960s. Hip-hop had originally |
| music genre is made up of two components, rapping | | | | begun in the Bronx. Funk and soul music were played |
| and record scratching. Rapping is also known as | | | | a lot in block parties. In the beginning, the DJs at |
| MCing and DJing, which comprises of audio mixing. | | | | these parties began separating the percussion breaks |
| These two main components combined with graffiti | | | | from hit songs. They started realizing that these |
| and break dancing form the four core elements of | | | | breaks were more entertaining and groovy. This |
| hip-hop. | | | | technique had become widespread in Jamaica and had |
| Hip-hop was initiated as a cultural movement by | | | | spread considerably in the New York community via |
| inner-city youth, mostly Latinos, Hispanics, and African | | | | the Jamaican immigrants. |
| Americans in New York City, in the early seventies. | | | | Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash were the |
| The word "rap" was derived in the sixties, from a | | | | pioneers in the hip-hop industry and other DJs had |
| slang word that meant conversation. | | | | extended the short percussion interludes of funk |
| Hip-hop has two main historical eras, the old school | | | | records and created a more danceable sound. As a |
| hip-hop era from 1970-1985 and the golden age | | | | result, remixes had become popular with the advent |
| hip-hop era from 1985-1993. The golden age of | | | | of mixing and scratching techniques. Many styles of |
| hip-hop began only when it entered the mainstream | | | | hip-hop had developed in the golden age of hip-hop. |
| of music and it consolidated the sounds of the West | | | | At present, hip-hop is enjoyed all around the world. In |
| Coast and the East Coast. | | | | spite, of all the controversies created by hip-hop |
| The origin of hip-hop music is from African American | | | | artists they are still growing in number. Hip-hop music |
| and West African music. Contributions of griots like | | | | is sold all over the world in stores and even online. |
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