Mcing: Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting (bars), or just rhyming refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” (rhythm and rhyme), and “delivery”. Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat.
Djing: A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" (sometimes spelled "disk", although this is now uncommon) referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.
B-boying: B-boying, often called "breakdancing", is a popular style of street dance that was created and developed as part of hip-hop culture among African Americans and Hispanic youths in New York City.: The dance consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes. It is danced to both hip-hop and other genres of music that are often remixed to prolong the musical breaks.
Graffiti Writing:
Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.[1] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
Those are the four aspects of Hip-Hop culture, although it is debatable the most important part of the culture is self expression notably through the use of words. Rapping and skill on a mic is what gets people fame and status. Now hip-hop has integrated into the mainstream society and is no longer a small subculture constricted to the states, it is all ove the world and is used to sell goods like clothes e.g. Rocawear created by rapper Jay-Z.
There is no such look in hip-hop anymore as it changes with the ages and even in hip-hop there is different subgenres such as gangsta rap, conscious rap and crunk music, each with it's own style and people relate to them and adopt the look. Hip-hop is not just music though people will argue it is a lifestyle which to this day has stayed prominent but some say has sold out.
N.W.A one of the most popular Gangsta rap groups
Young Money, minus Lil Wayne the leader: A modern rap group
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