Title of Paper Your name Class Hip Hop finds its ethnic origins in Jamaican music and DJs in the seventies who used two turntables to create longer drum breaks in records for dance parties giving rise to "break dancing" and "break dancers" now known as bboys and bgirls. DJs and MCs popularized the technique of speaking over beats and the culture expanded to include street dance and graffiti art. Embraced by working class urban and young AfricanAmericans, the music stems from African American
Street fashion today is heavily influenced by the existing hip-hop culture of the world as it continues to maintain its dominant position in the overall fashion market. Some have come to the conclusion that the contemporary 'trend' originated back in the 80s when Shawn Stussy - who resigned from his company Stüssy in 1996 - designed a surf-style collection of clothing which was noticed by mainstream hip-hop artists and soon became an international phenomenon. Some say it was hip-hop groups that
promises of our freedoms? Saggy pants can be seen everywhere, in church, in shopping malls, in educationa... ... middle of paper ... ...udents, one of whom uses saggy pants and the other may have their success measured on the basis of a deviant fashion statement. Based on my sole opinion, I believe that a student chooses to drop out of school because of reasons beyond their control and not just the wearing of a pair of saggy pants. First of all, anyone can drop out of a university for a number
damages property and usually considered insightful. There are two types of graffiti one is popular graffiti is the kind we see in bathroom, billboards, school desk, sidewalks, or anywhere. Where as the community based graffiti is usually an bout the hip hop culture, to mark a territory for the Gang in that area. During the Roman Empire and ancient Greek, graffiti was well known as an inscription but graffiti was way discovered before the Roman Empire and ancient Greek. Graffiti was discovered 30,000
Hip-hop as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid- 1970’s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form.(Fernando 43) Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, hip-hop consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success for hip-hop was a song “Rapper's Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979.(Potter 45) This helped bring hip-hop into the national
focused on fashion have differentiated the designations “B-boy” and “Fly-boy” as the rap music and dance. Breakdancing was derived by B-boys who were dressed in sportswear such as padded nylon or leather jackets, Puma sneakers, T-shirts and Adidas Track pants. They have specialized in explosive body- popping movements and gravity defying acrobatics to the overlaid, interrupted and repeated break beat recordings. The sub-trend of break-dancing became the forerunners to rap-influenced fashion. There are
conception, Hip-Hop culture has always been popular among young people. Now businesses are beginning to use Hip-Hop cultures popularity among the young people to increase the sales of their products. By advertising fashion, films and other miscellaneous types of products businesses use the hip hop culture to appeal to a target audience. Since the late 1970s, Hip-Hop fashion has changed significantly over the years. As the future approaches it has become a prominent part of the fashion world as a
The Hip-hop Movement Hip-hop has become a new cultural phenomenon in North America and has become quite popular all over the world. Hip-hop began in the 1970's in New York City where it has its origins in the African-American community. However, because of music videos, Hip-hop culture has become accessible to everyone in society and has merged into mainstream pop culture. Hip-hop culture may not have been as popular if it was not for the accessibility of this new media. The Hip-hop movement
Hip-hop began in the undergrounds in Bronx New York in the early 1970s and has gradually grown to become mainstream music. According to Lori Selke a professional writer for Global post, “hip-hop is the term that refers to more than just a musical genre; it includes culture, dance, art, and even fashion” (Selke). Since it originated in the 1970’s, hip-hop has had profound influence on society, and has grown into the lives of listeners worldwide; hip-hop’s influential power is astonishing. Within the
showed the world a unique style of Hip-hop and Rap. A kid just 18 years old when his first song came out, LL showed the world he would he would be different. LL Cool J created an influential long-term career with his starting a new hard-hitting romantic style of rapping, influences with popular clothing lines, and paved the way leading rappers to transform into actors and continue to have a successful career. Signing with Def Jams in 1984, LL Cool J gave hip-hop a new component which is love. As
the most important inventions to come out of the 1970s was Hip Hop. Not just a musical direction but also a subculture. Hip hop culture originated in the African- American & Hispanic communities of the Bronx, NY seems to be cool. Historians of fashion have recognized that music and entertainment have a potential to impact what we wear . It is rather impossible to remove fashion from popular culture (StraÌhle). In this day and age, fashion is more about people styling themselves to express their individuality
believe that the Hip-Hop subculture is African American youth who tend to rebel against authority , graffiti walls breakdance beatbox and rap lyrics. Although some of these stereotypes may be true but there is deeper meaning to side of this. Hip-Hop conveys a voice or message about the feelings and the never ending struggles and the slow evolving successes of black urban youth in America. In order to understand the culture of Hip-Hop one must define Hip-Hop first. According
The Evoltion of Hip-Hop in The Fashion World Since its first appearance in the 1970s the evolution of hip-hop has been a huge phenomenon. As an art form, Hip-Hop has taken the world by storm from South Bronx to being the symbol of a popular culture and it has gone on lot of changes. Many things have helped out to the growth in popularity of Hip-Hop, but one has been remarkably noticeable: The World Of Fashion. Hip-Hop artists are some of the biggest commercial influencers in the planet. Here’s
music. I have yet to meet a person who had to preference to music; everyone has something that they like to listen to. Lately for me that music has been hip-hop. But what about hip-hop am I trying to talk about, you are asking. Honestly, I would respond, would be anything; from the rhyme schemes and themes used in various sub genres of hip-hop to it being a political tool to some. At first when I interested in writing on the subject it seemed like something that I wanted to do just because I am
gang-ridden, drug-infested streets, a depravation of creativity forced underprivileged African American youths onto the streets in search of an output for their imagination. It was within these streets that hip-hop appeared as the product of independence, self-realization, creativity, and pride. Hip-hop began between the transformations from the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s. It was during this time period, when the former gangs of the late sixties developed into the posses and crews of the early seventies
Hip Hop is more than music; Hip Hop is a culture. The Hip Hop culture is filled with diverse ways that allow different artists to express oneself. The Hip Hop culture was created by rap artists that incorporate ethnicity, art, politics, fashion, technology, and urban life. It includes many types of expressions, for example, rapping, deejaying, dancing, and graffiti paintings. Popularized in the late 1970s, Hip hop emerged predominantly in the African American South Bronx section of New York City
Hip Hop music is here to stay, as a matter of fact, if nothing else about hip hop music remains, the beats will go on and on. It was the year of 1979 when a new form of music entered the scene. Excitement filled the air whenever the songs were played; furthermore, it has been the beats that captivated everyone. It didn’t matter where you were, are what you were doing the beats commanded your attention. Insomuch that, a new phenomenon swept through the land, taking by storm even the youngest of
3. Rocawear is a brand of apparel created by rapper Jay Z in 1999, who had tremendous influence in the hip hop industry from as far back as twenty years ago. It was a spin off Roc-A-Fella Records, based in New York, the home of hip hop music, and designs a range of clothing, shoes, and accessories replicative of hip hop fashion, “becoming the destination for fashionable and street savvy consumers” that “continues to focus of providing clever innovations in design, fabrication and application to
Hip Hop Culture: Popular Trends for Teenagers during the 21st Century Hip hop music consist of a DJ mixing rhythmic passages of albums on a turntable while a rapper raps over the beats. Hip hop is a culture by itself, equipped with its own language, lyrical style, visual art, dance moves and look. Fashion and music has a relationship based on a person's musical style. The Grateful Dead and the hippies in the 60s, disco in the 70s and Madonna in the 80s are all examples of creative relationships
played a big role in the hip hop industry as a female MC, and still is relevant to this day. She influenced millions of people especially in the black community for equality between women and men. She’s an American song-writer, actress, fashion producer, model, female MC, feminist, television producer, record producer, and talk show hostess. The Hip-hop culture began around the 1970’s in Bronx, New York and it was mostly amongst the Black and Latino community at that time. Hip Hop emerged out of an atmosphere