History |
Hip Hop dancing was born in the 1980’s in urban areas as an expressional movement to hip hop music. Today, hip hop dancing has become a larger genre for more individualized styles. For example, Krumping or Clowing, each has its own specific characteristic but each are considered a form of hip hop dance. By 1979 hip hop had become a commercially popular !music genre and began to enter the American mainstream. In the 1990's, a form of hip hop called gangsta rap became a major part of American music, causing significant controversy over lyrics which were perceived as promoting violence, terrorism, promiscuity, drug use and misogyny. By the begging of the 2000's , hip hop was a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world.
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