One style, one culture and one lifestyle. He Hip Hop moved from neighborhood parties to billionaires’ clubs, becoming a staple of protests and celebrations and marked pop evolution,
The musical genre of an era born in the midst of an economic crisis in the bronx, One of New York’s blue-collar neighborhoods, it developed rapidly and chaotically, shaking the industry establishment that had long resisted its power even as it embraced the youth culture.
How was hip hop born?
Hip hop turns 50 this year, an anniversary that has provided an opportunity to reflect on its cultural significance to its elders, its fans, and the city where it was born.
experts agree Cindy’s Party was born on 11 August 1973, DJ Kool Herc’s younger sister in the common room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave., a high-rise apartment in the Bronx.
According to legend, the Jamaican-born artist’s real name, Clive Campbell, played the same record on two turntables, blending the rhythms into the first documented breakbeat, an essential component of the genre.
Hip hop historian and pioneering host Ralph McDaniels explains, “It was just a birthday party, just a moment.” ,But that’s the party start and the spark that set off what followed for all the other DJs.,
these festivals were celebrated Bronx which bore the worst of the national economic crisis that spurred the gentrification of the time, leading to mass displacement, leading to poverty in this New York neighborhood.
As the city reduced social investment due to the crisis, landlords burned them down to collect insurance rather than maintain the buildings.
Block Parties Were a Lifeline for Teens and Families who lived in this gray reality.
“Community Unite”
“I was a kid when it started, and I saw it bring the community together,” says Jerry Gibbs, who grew up in the Bronx.
“It was very special for us to have parties in the park. You’ll see the DJs come out and how they mix instruments and get creative with their music…they get people dancing,” 55-year-old man miss. old man, who now calls himself dj cool ji,
He allowed people to “forget about their problems, their worries: for a night they could take a mental holiday.”
now known as old school hip hop Its development began in the late 70s and early 80s. When the music moved from the street to the nightclub.
Over time, DJ-MC’s live performances made rap – the easiest element to isolate and package – commercialized and a smash hit.
But despite its success, hip hop was fueled by experiences of injustice and inequality.
“Great hip hop artists came out of tough times,” says McDaniels, who recalls where great artists like Jay, Biggie or Nas,
“They knew and understood people, families, smells, even elevators that smelled of urine.” “It was all recorded in his records,” he recalls.
The Bronx, the heart of hip hop
rappers loved in the 2000s Kanye West, Jay-Z, Cardi B, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj He got planetary successes.
But despite its success, hip hop retained its counterculture aura.
Year after year, the Recording Academy has faced criticism for not paying rappers what they deserve, often narrowing its Grammy Awards to racial categories.
But with streaming, hip hop’s influence grew and it became more of a movement than a genre.
He says people thought hip hop would “flop”. Paula Farley, 59 years old, native of the Bronx. But, “50 years later, we’ve proved them wrong,
According to him, although it has gone global, hip hop is still New York.
,the bronx is the heart“, he says as the artists heat up the atmosphere with a group of breakdancers and appearances from artists like Mel Male and KRS-One before a performance by The Flash.
“It’s the home of hip hop, it was born,” says Farley, “as kids play in the sweltering heat and their parents and grandparents groove to the music.” “That’s all,” he concluded.
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