The Power

of
Hip HOp

By Monyae Hill
 In 1959…
• A man by the name Curtis Walker, who we
know as Kurtis Blow made his big debut in the
world.
• Growing up as a teenage boy in Harlem, New
York… Kurtis Blow often took part in
breakdancing, Djing, and rhyming
• He used this to help create and find his inner
him, in which helped him stay positive in a
place where majority of young teenage boys
either ended up in jail or killed.
• Some say Kurtis Blow is the sole founder of
HiP HoP.
• But despite that argument, today he has
About Hip Hop
• Defintion: (N.) a cultural movement
that developed in New York during the
1970’s, built largely around the sub
cultural of big city teenagers, involving
four main elements thus includes….
• Rapping
• Djing
• Graffiti writing
• Breakdancing
Cont.
Since developing hip hop has solely
changed the world some would argue
for the better and some would argue
for the worse, but it has changed the
world.
Before Hip HOp
• People lacked individulity
• Dancing was WaCk
• Music was boring!
People lacked individuality
just look…..!
People danced like this…
Music was boring
Sugarhill & the Gang
Tupac

Kurtis Blo
We
We wouldn’t
wouldn’t have
have people
people

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like…
like…
like...

Nas
Biggy Smalls

Grandmaster Flash
After HiP HOp
Dancing Was Fun.
Origniality Set In
Music was
 The end
Hip hop merely changed the world,
some would argue for the better or
for the worst. But despite that, today
you can not go at least a day without
seeing something influenced by hip
hop. From the way people dress, to
the way they act, to the music they
listen to, to the way they dance, to
their topics of discussion. Hip Hop
came and stuck. It’s not just a form a
Sources
• http://laughinsam.com/1980toPresen
t2.htm
• http://www.ploomy.com/2007/12/18/
hiphop-wanted-dead-or-alive/
• http://www.kim-lyons-dance-drama-
school.com/hip-hop-dance-school-
dublin.htm
• http://anarchist-
graffiti.blogspot.com/2008/11/breaki
ng-dawn-are-we-officially-in-