When everyone had become accustomed to the fact that the new movements were the work of whites, the blacks of New York’s ghettos reminded us of themselves.
When everyone had become accustomed to the fact that the new movements were the work of whites, the blacks of New York’s ghettos reminded us of themselves. Hip-hop as a movement emerged on the streets of the Bronx among African-American youth from working-class families. The main thing becomes a confrontation against the authorities, the police, and injustice.
Hip-hop as a subculture includes several types of trends:
- musical: rap, hip-hop (hip – moving parts of the body; hop – movement);
- dance: break dance;
- Visual: graffiti.
The members of this counterculture were called B-boys (b from the word “beat” – beat, rhythm) and flygirls. The distinctive features of the style were caps, bandanas, baggy clothes, simple T-shirts, sports shoes and a lot of massive jewelry: chains, rings and bracelets.
The Sugarhill Gang introduced ghetto music to a wider U.S. audience in 1979 with their single Rapper’s Delight. This was followed by Run DMC, Mantronix, Beastie Boys, MC Hammer, Kris Kross and others.
Hip-hop began to divide itself into different streams and still holds the lion’s share of the music market.
