The History of Hip Hop

For my music magazine, I have chosen to utilize the genre of Hip-Hop. Hip-hop is a Black sub-cultural movement which started in the early 1970s. The man who was the instrumental figure that hosted the historic party was the brother of a young lady celebrating her birthday, Clive Campbell also known as DJ Kool Herc, founding father of hip hop. It was only available to African American’s who lived in the West Bronx, New York City. It is generally known by those with in the Hip-Hop community that there are four strands of the type of music all of which stand for different products of the culture: rap music (verbal), DJ-ing (auditory), dance (physical) and graffiti art (visual). As the music continues to develop across the globe in a variety of ways, these four basic fundamentals provide a clear structure to hip hop culture. The term ‘Hip-Hop’ is normally used in a restrictive manner as identifiable with the verbal representation of rap music. 

Below is a vintage photograph of the legend DJ Kool Herc 

SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop 
             http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hip-hop-is-born-at-a-birthday-party-in-the-bronx