Hip hop
is a way of life and artistic movement originated in the South Bronx and Harlem, in New York City, among young African-Americans and Hispanics in the United States during the 1970s.2 3 4 5 While the term hip hop is often used to refer to the musical style and lifestyle, it is considered that hip hop is not only limited to the musical field and instead consists of nine elements of the four are essential to describe this phenomenon in its entirety: rap ( oral: recite or sing), turntablism or "DJing" (auditory or musical), break (physical: dance) and graffiti (visual: painting). Despite its contrasted variants and methods of execution, it is easily associated with the poverty and violence that underlie the historical context that gave birth to the subculture. For this group of young people, it offers to rebel against the inequalities and hardships that were lived in the urban areas of limited resources in New York, so hip hop worked recently, as a form of self-expression that would propose to reflect, proclaim a alternatively, try to challenge or simply evoke the state of the circumstances of said environment, favoring its artistic development. Also while continuing contemporary history, worldwide, there is a flowering of various styles in each of the four elements, adapting to the new contexts in which hip hop has been immersed, without separating from the fundamental principles, which stability and coherence to culture.
The origin of the culture derives from street parties by the Ghetto Brothers. When the amplifiers were connected for their instruments and speakers in the lanterns of 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue. The same idea of taking energy from the street by hanging on the street lamps was taken up by DJ Kool Herc after his parties in the condominium's recreation room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, where he mixed the percussive intermediates breaks of soul themes and funk to impress the crowd and especially some dancers who were looking for those 'breaks' to show off their b-boys gymnast skills, while some MC encouraged the parties and rhymed to the rhythm, that is, rapped, of the different beats, at the same time that several dancers competed, sometimes from other gangs. It's no surprise that Kool Herc is recognized as the "father" of hip hop. DJ Afrika Bambaataa in conjunction with Zulu Nation, designed the pillars of hip hop culture, to which he coined the terms: MCing or "Emceein", DJing or "Deejayin", b-boying and graffiti or spray writin
Since its evolution throughout the South Bronx, hip hop culture has spread to different subcultures and communities around the world.9 Hip hop first emerged with contemporary Kool Herc and Disc Jockeys as well as imitators, all of these They experimented by creating rhythmic beats through loops breaks (small portions of songs that emphasize a percussion pattern) on two plates. This was later accompanied by rap, a rhythmic style of singing or poetry is often presented in measures of 16 time intervals, and beatboxing, a vocal technique used primarily to provide elements of music percussion and various DJ technical effects. An original form of dance and particular styles of dress emerged among fans of this new music, the breaking. These elements underwent considerable adaptation and development throughout the history of culture, even today it remains in constant evolution as it is a culture present in more than 200 nations.
Hip hop is both a modern and ancient phenomenon; much of the culture has revolved around the idea of updating classic recordings, attitudes and experiences to the modern public in what is called "flipping." At the moment it is still taking root in other North American genres such as blues, jazz and rock and roll, mainly inspired by soul, funk and, particularly from the album "Criminal Minded" (1986) by Boogie Down Productions, with dancehall. It also competes with rock, pop and electronic music for the first place in worldwide sales figures as well as cultural influence, since each of the above has followers in virtually every nation on the five continents, giving Place to create hundreds of styles and subcultures.
