Meaning of Hip-Hop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An African-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
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2. A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
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Examples

“2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106, "...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."”

“Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable.”

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