Hip+Hop

Hip Hop started off a long time ago in america it originally came from reggae music. **Hip hop** music is an American musical genre that developed as part of [|**hip hop**]culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, **singing.**

BORN IN JAMAICA THEN MIGRATED TO THE BRONX, IT WAS IN JAMAICA WHERE HERC LEARNED ABOUT THE DJ CULTURE "TOAST"(where they would compete to see who's system was the loudest)AND APPLIED IT IN NYC. HERC PIONEERED THE BREAK BEAT MOVEMENT BY MIXING SHORT PERCUSSION BREAKS WITH 2 TURNTABLES TO EXTEND THE BREAKS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE BBOYS TO GET DOWN. || BEFORE THAT THE WORD HIP HOP WAS A PHRASE THAT MC'S SAID ON THE MIC. || HIS SPEAKERS WERE SO LOUD HE CALLED THEM THE HERCULOIDS ||
 * FIRST HIP HOP DJ || CLIVE"KOOL HERC"CAMPBELL
 * 2 || THE NAME HIP HOP || WAS FIRST USED AS THE NAME OF OUR CULTURE BY AFRICA BAMBATTA BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S....
 * 3 || FIRST DJ TO SCRATCH || DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE I 1975 AT AGE THIRTEEN ||
 * 4 || FIRST DJ TO BACK SPIN AND NEEDLE DROP || DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE ||
 * 5 || THE BEST SOUND SYSTEM || KOOL HERC WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAN WITH THE STRONGEST AND LOUDEST SYSTEM IN HIP HOP...HIS AMP WAS A MACINTOSH THE MOST POWERFUL AMP OF THAT TIME...