WHERE DID HIP HOP ORIGINATE

FROM AND WHO WERE ITS

FOUNDERS?

WHAT IS HIP HOP MUSIC AND WHERE DID

IT COME FROM?
Hip Hop is defined as a the
popular subculture of big-city teenagers,
which includes rap music break dancing, and graffiti art.
Clive Campbell was credited for originating hip hop music,
when he used to DJ between sets for his fathers band.
This new form of music became popular
in New York and soon spread nationwide.

WHO IS CLIVE CAMPBELL?

Clive Campbell better known as DJ

Kool Herc was born in Jamaica
He emigrated to The Bronx in 1967
as a young child
Began spinning records as a young
teenager and became known as the
"Father of Hip Hop"

DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIP HOP MUSIC

Bounce
Dirty South
Alternative Rap
West Coast Rap
East Coast Rap
Latin Rap

EARLY RAP GROUPS

Crash Crew
-Say Yeah
-We Want to Rock

Sugar Hill Gang

-Rapper's Delight
-Jump On It

EPMD
-Da Joint
-Strictly Business

EARLY HIP HOP BIGGEST INFLUENCES

DJ Afrika Bambaataa

Coke La Rock
Kurtis Blow

SUMMARY
There are many theories on who created
hip hop music. Most the sources give
credit to Clive Campbell. Who was a
Jamaican born DJ who created a new
form of music that caught became popular
and spread worldwide.His technique is the
foundation of what is known today as Hip Hop.

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