Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Hip-hop is not just a musical genre. It is a culture born out of hardship, in the Bronx of New York in the early 1970s.
In fifty years, a movement invented by young African Americans and Puerto Ricans has transformed records, fashion, and language. Here's how a block party became the shared language of young people around the world.
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- 2The Bronx in ruins and Kool Herc's party
- 3Four pillars: DJ, MC, dance, graffiti
- 4From the Bronx to the charts: the commercial explosion
- 5A culture that became a world language
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary10 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
