Hip Hop The word can evoke many things to many low-rap music, people wearing XXL clothing, graffiti, its own language and hard to decipher ... That's all true. But hip hop is much more.

Hip hop is a musical culture born of Afro-American and who today has overstepped the boundaries of being just a fad or a momentary musical phenomenon. Today, hip hop has a racial significance, international and even social class.


Hip-Hop Culture consists of four basic modes of expression: MCing (or rapping), DJing (or turntablism), the Breakdancing (or Bboying), and Graffiti. Although these modes of expression have attached other over time such as philosophy, poetry and fashion.
But for his supporters is not just a musical style or fashion. For true fans, is a philosophy or even a way of life. A phrase you describe your way of feeling: "We are not doing Hip-Hop. We are not part of the Hip-Hop culture. WE ARE HIP-HOP "

Origins and History of Hip Hop


This lifestyle emerged in the mid 70 'in New York. Arises from parties that is used to do in black neighborhoods of the city, where there was music and dancing. The rhythms were more liked soul, funk and hard. But when just the drums, which put the disks (today known as Dj's) isolated the rhythms and the singers (Mc's current) were reciting and improvising on these bases.


Gradually, through techniques such as audio mixing and scratching (moving the disc forward and backward, to achieve different effects), it has evolved significantly and was getting closer to what we know today. And with this evolution also appeared a new dance style at parties: The Break Dance.


During the entire decade of the 80 'and part of the 90's it was thought that hip hop was just a fad and would disappear. But quite the opposite. Not only has not disappeared, but several styles of music have come out of it: mainstream, gangsta rap, electro hop, hip hop, Latin (from its beginnings in hip hop has kept a very close relationship with the Latino community in New York).