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Hip Hop: A Cultural And Art Movement In The Bronx In New York

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Hip Hop began as a cultural and art movement in the Bronx in New York during the early 1970s, as an expression against the economic collapse. Beginning from the streets, the youth would turn to block parties for “recreation and self-expression” (Icon Collective, 2023), which became the groundwork for hip-hop. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there was an arise of segregated communities between middle-class whites with African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Caribbean immigrants. There was an industrial decline and a rapidly changing economy, causing such communities to be prominent in crime, gang violence, and poverty (Icon Collective, 2023). As a result, economic opportunities and sources of entertainment closed causing the youth to lead to Deejaying …show more content…

Public opinion gradually grew positive as the pioneers started getting featured in mainstream media on national television. There grew an understanding of what “hip-hop” is and where the grooves came from. In the beginning, the original style came from a simple combination of “sweeps, side-to-side steps” and “everyone just having fun” (Old School Cartel, 2015). The old styles specialized in sporadic and wild spirit dancing until the parties became large enough for more nationalities to join in. From there, b-boying became more diversified, with the integration of skills from martial arts and gymnastics into the sequences. Dance moves like locking, hitting, popping, and boogaloo, became more popularized. Personally, these moves are more familiar to me as a 21st-century kid. Some of these were “go to” dances when there are dance-offs, and because they are quite easy to follow through, it is easy to just groove …show more content…

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