Hip Hop/Rap History
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Hip hop music is characterized as a "genre of music typically consisting of a rhythmic style of speaking called rap over backing beats" ("Hip Hop Music," 1). Generally, hip hop is the term given to the culture in which rap music, fostered in part by individual artists and driven early on and throughout its evolution by DJs who speak over music, has developed. It is said to have been developed in New York City in the 1970s predominantly among African-Americans, Jamaicans, and Latinos (Urban Dictionary, 2008). The origin of the term is somewhat unclear, though it is often attributed to a Jamaican named DJ Kool Herc. Alternatively, a rival DJ named DJ Afrika Bambaataa may have invented the term to describe the culture it subsumes. DJ Kool Herc is credited as being a pioneer of hip hop during the 1970s and much of his work centered on the Bronx section of New York City where this musical genre attracted many adherents (Urban Dictionary, 2). Hip hop draws upon the rhythms and beats of the Jamaican musical genres as well as the technological capacities of sound sys
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