Elements of Hip Hop
This element of hip hop originally involved the MC on the microphone trying to get people involved in the party.
What is rapping?
Where was hip hop originally created?
What is The Bronx, NY?
This person is considered the "Father of Hip Hop."
DJ Kool Herc
This element of hip hop involves someone using a turntable and spinning, scratching, and cutting records.
What is DJing?
At first, hip hop could not be heard on the radio. In order to hear it, you had to go to one of these.
Block parties.
This element of hip hop is the visual element, usually appearing on buildings and bridges.
What is graffiti?
During the Golden Age of Hip Hop, these companies began signing rappers to deals in order to distribute hip hop music to a wider audience.
What are record labels?
This element of hip hop involves large, athletic movements and is mostly improvised.
What is breakdancing?
In the "old school" era of hip hop DJs would find and extended these, where people would dance and the MC would not rap.
What are percussion breaks?
This is an unofficial 5th element of hip hop which involves using the voice instead of a turntable.
What is beatboxing?
This song by Outkast became the first song to reach 1 million downloads.
What is Hey Ya.