Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York in the 1970s. Its vocal origins lie in the Jamaican 'toasting' tradition. Toasting is a cross between talking and rhythmic chanting which was ...
Born Michael Lawrence Marrow on August 2, 1955, in Bronx, NY, he began tagging subway trains during the early 1970s, and later became a founding member of United Graffiti Artists (UGA). As the ...
Google is celebrating the 44th anniversary of birth of hip-hop with an interactive doodle. The regular logo on the search page is replaced with a graffiti ... a lot of their Bronx neighbourhood ...
This episode delves into the origins of hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on its cultural roots in the Bronx, New York. We examine the foundational elements of the genre, including DJing, MCing ...