How Did Hip Hop Start

Many people like and listen to Hip Hop but only a small number of those fans know how hip hop originated or where it came from. Hip Hop has been around for a long time. If you sit back and really look at it, you can actually see how the changes happened and how they changed hip hop. Some people still today argue where the real roots of hip hop began. According to the article "The Hip Hop Story" I would say this uncertainty is due to the fact that you really can’t be sure where people started rapping. People could have already been rapping with friends before anyone else but no one ever found out.

Hip Hop originated in African-American communities during the late 1970′s in New York City. People like DJ Clive “Kool Herc” Campbell is credited as being highly influential in the early stage of hip hop. Hes also known as "the Father of Hip Hop". Many people believe that hip hop was born in the historic building in 1520 Sedwick Avenue, Bronx, New York. This is where DJ Kool Herc and other DJs would perfom at. DJ Clive also found “break beat deejaying” where the breaks of funk songs were repeated and isolated to be used and go with all-night dance parties that people really liked. Then in the 1970s, other popular DJs such as Grandmaster Flash would later develop 12″ records where they would rap to the beat. Ever since then Hip Hop became more popular which lead to our generation of hip hop today.
The picture on the left, down below is DJ Clive DJ-ing with some friends. On the right is him again on the right side with a friend.

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