Hip hop music is a popular genre of music with roots in the Bronx beginning in the 1970s. This rhythmic music has a very specific style as is seen in rap songs. The genre began as a part of hip hop culture which is classified into 4 subcultures: MCing/rapping, DJing, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Old school hip hop was the first mainstream wave of the genre before other branches appeared in the second mainstream wave including more jazzy relaxed beats and fast paced agressive sounding rage rap.
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