History of Hip Hop        





 Hip hop music was formed in the 70s when block parties became popular in New York city. It was popular among African American people who lived in the Bronx. Block parties had DJ's playing popular genres of music like funk and soul music. Originally Hip Hop was called disco rap but Keith Cowboy is the one that coined the phrase. Rapping is a vocal style in which an artist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse to an instrumental or a beat. In the 70s hip hop music was disco influenced, with rappers wearing James Brown type of clothing, wearing gold suits but in the 80s Hip Hop music changed because instead of using disco music rappers used drum machines. The first to do that was RUN DMC. RUN DMC was also known for fusing rap and rock together. Their attire was also different they weren't wearing gold suits like in the 70s, they were wearing tracksuits which paved the way for hip hop clothing in the 80s.    

The successful rappers of the 80s was RUN DMC, Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J. Kool Moe Dee is known as the rapper who changed freestyle battles with his freestyle roast of party rapper Busy Bee Starski. He was one of the first rappers to win a Grammys award and the first rapper to perform at the Grammys. There has also been successful white rappers like the Beastie boys, the Fat boys, 3rd bass and House of pain, But known of them have been more successful then Eminem. In 2008 Eminem was voted the best rapper of all time in Vibe magazine and he was called the king of hip hop in another magazine. Showing his dominance in the hip hop scene even though he's white. Which was a problem for some African American rappers in the early 90s. Vanilla ice was hated by the majority of African American rappers and there fans but was loved by white American fans. But by 1992 Vanilla ice was hated by everyone. Eminem on the other hand was loved by everyone for his lyrical style, his sick sense of humor and his story telling. Eminem is  the best selling artist in the 00s and he has the second best selling rap album of all time the Marshall Mathers LP. Currently Hip Hop is still doing well and its been accepted by other audiences.