Birth of Hip-Hop 9(Research)

Hip-Hops birth started in South Bronx New York, DJs (Disc Jockeys) would plug their sound systems into street lamps and party both on the streets and parks.This was mainly an African-American and Hispanic thing and occurred mainly in the summer , Once the music started playing; which would be in the early afternoons, crowds will gradually increase too Hundreds/Thousands. In the winter times the party would be indoors at junior high schools or community centers and from then on became a big movement.

DJ Kool Herc is considered the father of hip-hop ,originally born in Jamaica he emigrated with family members to Bronx, New York as a 12 year old and regularly played music mixing one genre with another usually using hard funk, rock, and records with Latin percussion, which formed the basis of hip hop music . While growing up in Jamaica, he was inspired from the sound systems of neighborhood parties called dancehalls, and the accompanying speech of their DJ's, known as toasting.

Kevin Donovan better known as Afrika Bambaataa had a major role in the early development of Hip-Hop this was by releasing a lot of popular electro tracks in its early days this then went on to be accompanied by looping and rapping, Hip-hop became a big movement in urban and suburban communities.

Tony Tone, a member of the Cold Crush Brothers, noted that "hip hop saved a lot of lives". Hip hop culture became a way of dealing with the hardships of life as minorities within America, and an outlet to deal with violence and gang culture.MC Kid Lucky mentions that "people used to break-dance against each other instead of fighting".

Cultures involved in Hip-Hop include: Beat-boxing( a vocal percussion),                                                       Break-dancing(acrobatic dancing), Rapping(rhyming a sentence in a unique flow), Disc Jockeying(creating/mixing beats)and also Graffiti (artistic expressions).

Hip-hop then had major record labels that promote its signed artists on to the market with music videos and albums; Modern Major Hip-Hop labels include Def Jam Recordings ,Bad-Boy, Cash Money Records and Interscope.Records.Influencial figures include: DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Master Flash, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, P-Diddy, Dr Dre, Snoop-Dogg, Shug Knight, Birdman, Jay-Z and Eminem to name a few.                                                                                                                                         There were also popular groups over years including Public Enemy, N.W.A, Maybach Music, G-Unit, Wu-Tang-Klan and The furious 5.

DJ Kool Herc (Left)Afrika Bambaataa (right)