1. What is Hip Hop?
Lesa R. Felton
AFAS 200
Dr. Bryan Carter

2. Hip
Hop
Music
Knowl
edge
Dance
Culture

3. Hip Hop is Culture
• Universal
• International
• A way of life
• Clothing
• A walk
• A way to articulate

4. Hip Hop Is Culture cont.
• Define: Hip-Hop (Real vs Mainstream)
http://youtu.be/OOac908VKAA
• Documentary: Hip Hop Legends
http://youtu.be/o_cA_-SGhXY

5. Hip Hop Is Music
• Originated in The Bronx, NY by DJ Herc in the
early 1970s
• Born out of an escape to the ongoing violence
and gang warfare
• Self expression through music and rapping
• Rapping is an expression of hip hop, not the
other way around

6. Hip Hip Is Music cont.
• Documentary: Hip Hop Legends
http://youtu.be/o_cA_-SGhXY

7. Hip Hop Is Dance
• Break dancing or breaking
• Popping
• Locking
• Up-rocking
• Used as a competition instead of violence
• Released frustration

8. Hip Hop Is Dance cont.
• Documentary: Hip Hop Legends
http://youtu.be/o_cA_-SGhXY
• NY Reppin’ Featuring Bones Hill, Dollaz, Sam
Iam
http://youtu.be/QtcdOPRCjPw

9. Hip Hop is Art
• “Burning”
• “Tagging”
• Graffiti

10. Hip Hop Is Art cont.
• DEFinition-The Art and Design of hip hop
http://youtu.be/iw5JzvHNOuE

11. Hip Hop Is Knowledge
• Hip Hop Is A Religion: History of the 5th
Element-Knowledge
http://youtu.be/Ct5Ly1jp7JI

12. Summary
• The Definition of Hip Hop
http://youtu.be/q__Qm5hYYzk