Hip- Hop contains four elements, emceeing, deejaying, graffiti, and break dancing. It's believed that Hip-Hop originated in the early 70's in the Bronx, NY by DJ Kool Herc. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx is where Kool Herc started breaking and scratching records and began to rap at his sister's back to school party in 1973. His unique sound started a world wide dynasty.
Hip-Hop wasn't just about music, Hip-Hop was being expressed by clothing also. In the early 1980's, rappers such as; Big Daddy Kane, Kurtis Blow, and group Run DMC, flaunted sportswear, big gold jewelry, kangol hats, Keds, and Adidas. In about a decade, as new talent was discovered, new trends were also introduced with bright colors, neon baseball caps, puffy pants (MC Hammer pants), and polka dots, having fresh shoes were always apart of the dynasty. Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klien all became notable brands of Hip-Hop.
Stay in-tune to my blogs about Hip-Hop as I elaborate on it's history and talk about what it has become and what stereotypes have been put on it.
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