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Hip-hop or hip hop (formerly known as disco rap) [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City. The genre is characterized by stylized rhythmic sounds—often built around disco grooves, electronic drum beats, and rapping, a percussive vocal delivery of rhymed poetic speech as consciousness-raising ...
The Bronx will host a major celebration for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and its role therein on Aug. 11 at Yankee Stadium, with Run-DMC headlining in what’s billed as their ‘Bottom of the ...
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture.It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
MC Lyte performs at The 50 Years of Hip Hop concert Nov. 10 at Cascades Park. Lyte has championed efforts in the hip-hop industry to curtail gun violence and joined the Stop the Violence Movement.
The New York City Breakers also became the first B-boys to release an instructional video and album (Break-Master) which went gold and broke down steps on how to hold a competition. They performed in Washington D.C for sitting President Ronald Reagan, during 1983 at the Kennedy Center Honors. [12] [13]
Canton-based hip-hop artist and rapper Nicasso Turpin says his new music draws inspiration from the birth of his son. Turpin performed at the Hall of Fame Village last summer as an opening act at ...
Popping developed before hip hop and helped influence the tradition of styles of hip hop dancing. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It is often performed in battles , in which participants try to outperform each other in front of a crowd, giving room for improvisation and freestyle moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with other ...
Joseph Simmons (R) and Darryl McDaniels (L) from Run-D.M.C. perform during the Hip Hop 50 Live concert, marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough ...