Where did hip hop originated and who were its founders

Rhythmic music accompanied by rhyming speech

This article is about the musical genre. For its cultural origins, see Hip-hop culture. For other uses, see Hip-hop (disambiguation).

"Rap music" redirects here.

Hip hop history

For the form of vocal delivery associated with hip hop music, see Rapping. For the Killer Mike album, see R.A.P. Music.

Hip-hop or hip hop (formerly known as disco rap)^[7][8] is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City.

The genre is characterized by stylized rhythmic sounds—often built around disco grooves, electronic drum beats, and rapping, a percussive vocal delivery of rhymed poetic speech as consciousness-raising expression.^[9] The music developed as part of the broader hip-hop culture; while often used to refer solely to rapping and rap music, "hip-hop" more properly denotes the practice(s) of the entire subculture.^[10][11] The term hip-hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music,^[9][12] though rapping may not be the focus o

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