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Hip hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City. While the term hip hop is often used to refer exclusively to hip hop music, hip hop is characterized by four key elements: "rapping", a rhythmic vocal rhyming style, DJing, which is making music with record players, breakdancing and graffity.The fifth element, although debated, is commonly considered either street knowledge, hip hop fashion, or beatboxing.

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Hip-hop, cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s; also, the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement’s most lasting and influential art form.

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In the mid-80s, rappers like LL Cool J began creating hip hop singles with catchy melodic hooks.By the late 80s, many hip hop beats were being made in a studio with drum machines, synthesizers and samples from old funk and disco records.Also, a new style of political hip hop developed when groups like Public Enemy began demanding political change and an end to injustice and racism.

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During the mid 1980s and early 1990s, hip hop spread across the country in full force. It brought an era that significantly transformed hip hop culture. This new era became known as “the golden age of hip hop.” Many characterize this turning point by its explosion of diversity, influence, stylistic innovation, and mainstream success.

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One of the most influential hip hop pioneers was DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant regarded as the founding father of hip hop. Kool Herc made history in 1973 when he and his sister hosted the “Back to School Jam” in the recreation room of their Bronx apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. This historical party is recognized for launching the hip hop movement.