Hip-Hop/Rap

Hip hop music or hip-hop music, also known as rap music, is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans, Caribbean Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s.

Explore examples of this musical genre with our Hip-Hop/Rap collection!

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Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music
Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music
Episode 12

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2

African call-and-response patterns and improvisation survived the Middle Passage and became two of the basic elements of one of today’s most popular forms of music. In the 1970s, rap music began in...