The Birth of  Peaceful Movement
1520 Sedgwick Av. ? Birthplace of Hip Hop, 1973

The Birth of Peaceful Movement

On August 11th 2023, we celebrated 50 years of Hip Hop. To pay homage to the most dominant culture in today's world, I keep sharing with you a series of articles about my passion for it.

THE ORIGINS

In this short article below, you'll have a chance to get through all the basics of the Hip hop culture, from its very early days in the Bronx in '73 to the key parents of the movement and its main pillars and values.

Relax And Take Notes.
1973 flyer of the first ever Hip-hop Block Party "Back To School"? in The Bronx, NYC - USA
Flyer "Back To School Jam" by Clive and Cindy Campbell ? 1973, The Bronx, NYC (USA)

It's your Birthday

Clive "DJ KOOL HERC"? Campbell, godfather of Hip-Hop
Clive Campbell aka Dj Kool Herc ? 1973

What we call today "Hip Hop" is an urban movement that seeds its origins in The Bronx where, on August 11th, 1973, a young Jamaican-immigrant named Clive 'DJ Kool Herc' Campbell organized the first Block Party at 1520 Sedgwick avenue, in the Bronx district in New-York City, USA.

The term Hip-Hop itself comes from Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Cowboy is credited with coining the term in 1978 while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army by scat-singing the made-up words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers. Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into his stage performance.

Check out the full Hip-Hop page on Wikipedia.

Group photo of the Hip-hop pioneers.
Old timers ? Hip Hop 1973

The pioneers

Among the parents of this new-born Culture, we have to mention:

The values

The people passionate about Hip-hop stand behind the motto

"Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun."

A concept promoted mainly by Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation as the solution to stop gang wars in the boroughs of New York City in the late 70s and switch from guns and knife fights to breakdance battles.

The 5 pillars

Hip-hop isn't just about rap music.

It is a true Culture grounded in the urban environment via 5 main disciplines: 1) DJing or Turntabling, 2) Writing or Graffiti, 3) Breakdancing, 4) Beatboxing, and 5) MCing.

Set-up of the DJ booth back in the 70s
Custom made DJ set-up in a park ? Hip Hop 1973

It first starts with a DJ (Kool Herc) behind two turntables plugged together, creating a repeated loop of breakbeats so dancers (b-boys and b-girls) can keep practicing their moves (breakdance). Very often, the DJ was helped by an Emcee (Master of Ceremony) to energize the audience by spitting punchlines and jokes on the microphone.

Wild Style - graffiti on NYC subway by TRACY 168
New-York subway covered with tag ? 1973

During the same period, writers from NYC left their mark on the subway and Big Apple's walls.


What are YOUR early memories of Hip-hop?

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Adrien Rosier

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