Dj Kol Herc Hip Hop History

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Hey, have you ever wanted to learn about hip - hop?Reading this paper matter’s because hip hop is one of the greatest genres in history.Hip hop is a great genre because it had the best solo artists, best groups and it had the best selling records.In this essay your going to learn about tupac,birthplace of hip - hop and three best groups in hip-hop.

The birthplace of hip - hop is the Bronx New York City. Dj Kool Herc was the founding father of hip - hop. He is also known as Clive Campbell .Dj Kool Herc was born in Kingston Jamaica and raised there until the age of ten.His father’s band use to play in the Bronx when he was a teenager.Dj Kool Herc was spinning records at parties and sets.When he plays he always observes the crowd's reaction to his records.When playing he noticed that some people only danced to some parts of his record.That inspired Dj Kool Herc to come up with a new style called hip - hop. The first place he played hip - hop was at an apartment in the west Bronx at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue at his sister’s birthday party.That was the birthplace of hip hop and when it started. …show more content…

Tupac life was short.He died September 13, 1996.His mother is Afeni Shakur and his father is Billy Garland.”Tupac is the first hip hop dead artist that made people think he was alive”(mosi reeves, rolling stone).Tupac was an iconic figure and people still remember him, even though it has been two decades since his death.He was the first person to make a pre - prison album and first double CD album.To me, Tupac Shakur changed hip hop and,not only made it big,but