"Hip hop is a subcultural movement that formed during the early 1970s by African-American, Caribbean, and Latino youths residing in the South Bronx in New York City."
"The origin of the hip hop culture stems from the block parties of the Ghetto Brothers, when they plugged in the amplifiers for their instruments and speakers into the lampposts on 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue and used music to break down racial barriers, and from DJ Kool Herc at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, where Herc mixed samples of existing records with his own shouts to the crowd and dancers."
"Since its evolution throughout the South Bronx, hip hop culture has spread to both urban and suburban communities throughout the world."