| Hip hop is one of the most popular musical genres | | | | this particular technique was DJ Kool Herc who is |
| today, largely in part to it's following of the younger | | | | commonly credited as one of the original founders of |
| population. The younger children of today's generation | | | | hip-hop, a title that very few can come close to |
| are more in tune with what's going on in the musical | | | | owning. |
| world as they're the primary target audience of | | | | Fast forward to modern day hip hop and you will |
| television shows and programs which target this | | | | notice the progression of the entire culture. Instead of |
| industry. And younger people have shown to buy | | | | only having breaks cut out of sampled Jamaican music |
| more products than the older generation, thus propelling | | | | songs, it incorporates many elements, such as break |
| hip hop into a huge market which rakes in billions of | | | | dancing, graffiti art, rapping or emceeing and of course, |
| dollars per year in annual sales. From the actual tapes, | | | | DJing, also known as turntablism. It is also well known |
| CDs and DVDs the music and videos are pressed | | | | that hip hop is no longer confined into the streets and |
| onto to the posters, T-shirts and other memorabilia the | | | | blocks of the Bronx or any other part of New York |
| images are printed onto, it is clear that hip hop is a | | | | City. Instead it is a universal culture that continues to |
| massive industry. | | | | grow and will certainly thrive on for many years to |
| Beginning in the early '70s in New York City, the Bronx | | | | come. |
| specifically, hip hop began as a way for people to | | | | There are participants in this culture from all over the |
| have fun at block parties, a popular event held in tight | | | | world, in places that only 30 years ago had never |
| knit neighborhoods. The DJ's who controlled the music | | | | even heard of rap music itself. This is still an incredibly |
| and atmosphere of the block parties would mainly play | | | | young culture and we're only beginning to see its |
| soul music and funk, very popular genres at the time. | | | | growth and maturation. Within another 30 years one |
| When the disc jockeys began to realize how popular | | | | can easily imagine how completely different the culture |
| these genres were, they would chop out certain parts | | | | will become. As many people in the past have |
| of the songs, called breaks, and play them with each | | | | famously quoted: "You can't stop the Hip Hop! |
| other alone. One of the most famous employers of | | | | |