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                                      HIP HOP! 

History of Hip Hop

Hip hop mainly started in the 80s with pieces of music (such as jazz) being tested in different ways for example using tongues (rapping). this escalted and eventually there was plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, .

Some of the earliest rap songs ever recorded include "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by Fatback Band and "Rapper’s Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. The latter reached the #36 spot on the Billboard charts (a huge feat by 1970's standards), thus demonstrating hip-hop's ability to draw commercial appeal.A product of cross-cultural integration, rap is deeply rooted within ancient African culture and oral tradition. Hip-hop is believed to have originated in the Bronx by a Jamaican DJ named Kool Herc. Herc's style of deejaying involved reciting rhymes over instrumentals. At house parties, Herc would rap with the microphone, using a myriad of in-house references. Duplicates of Herc's house parties soon drifted through Brooklyn, Manhattan. Herc and other block party DJs helped spread the message of hip-hop around town and spawned tons of followers. Hip-hop is a form of popular music that's comprised mainly of emceeing and deejaying. The other two components that complete the four elements of hip-hop are graffiti and breakdancing. As hip-hop evolves into big business, the four elements are constantly being merged with others like clothing trends, slang, and general mindset.

Artist of Hip Hop:

Tupac Shakur is one of the most known hip hop artist and is one of the famous, 

and one of his very known songs and a favorite of mine would be "Ghetto Gosspel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5MMmEygsY

Another of tupacs songs is "Letter to my unborn child" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmNQmmMZ84

Snoop dogg, was a popular hip hop artist over the years and is still going with his music.

One of Snoop's songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diBt5lx3xM&list=UUL7CNO0U9SjWFbu7veoLRBw

Another of his songs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3uoGisS790&list=UUL7CNO0U9SjWFbu7veoLRBw

A Typical Fan Of This Genre:

Fans would usually dress similiar to the artist, to show a love for the music, it also shows other people what music they like and with the clothing they where it will protray that clearly, also the language fans of hip hop may use, is not fully standard english, slang was also thought of similiar to times when hip hop was brought up, slang is way of which young teenagers talk to one another, slang is often used in the songs of various artist (hip hop artists). the style that is shown in these picture is an urban look and many artist dress this way.