HIP HOP MUSIC
By
KASEY GRIFFIN
May,2007
Hip hop music, also known as rap music, is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. It consists of two main components: rapping (MCing) and DJing (production and scratching). Along with hip hop dance (notably breakdancing) and urban inspired art, or notably graffiti, these compose the four elements of hip hop, a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth, mostly African Americans and Latinos in New York City, in the early 1970s.
There are many resources to find out more about hip hop. The following is a list of my favorite websites:
ALL HIP HOP
STL HIP HOP
Hot 104.1 Radio
100.3 The Beat
There are many different Hip Hop artist including:
- Trey Songs
- Young Buck
- DJ Unk
- T-Pain
- Marques Houston
- Chris Brown
There are also many underground Hip Hop artist such as:
- Arab And Soulja Boi
- Trap Squad
- Young Beano
