What is hip hop and how did it start ?
Hip hop is an American cultural movement which started in the 1970s
at block parties in New York ,especially in a district called the Bronx.
There are four main aspects of hip hop :breakdance and graffiti art plus
two types of hip hop music---DJ—ing and rapping .
Rapping is also known as MC---ing(coming from the term master of ceremonies ).
The DJs at block parties in the 1970s played a lot of soul music
and noticed that people preferred the percussion breaks in the songs
because they werethe best parts to dance to .
So they started repeating the percussion breaks .
This is a technique used by DJs in Jamaica .
There were a lot of Jamaicans in New York who brought the idea with them .
At first ,they played a lot of reggae.