Hip-hop Origins

The multicultural exchanges between US Afro-American youth and young immigrant and immigrant children from countries in the Caribbean developed hip hop as a music and culture in the 1970s in New York City.

In their infancy, hip hop music was portrayed as a platform for the disenfranchised young people from oppressed communities and low-income regions, because the hip hop culture mirrored their lives’ social, economic, and political realities. Visit now to buy beats.

Many individuals, including DJ Kool Herc, DJ Disco Wiz, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa, helped to create hip-hop culture that has Latin American or Caribbean roots.