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Hip-hop planet

You can find hip-hop everywhere you go. Countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were tellling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues, jazz and soul music. These styles all started in poor, African-American areas. And in the 1970s, there were a lot of poor areas in New York. There wasn't any money for music lessons in schools so kids made their own music. Teenahers Afrika Bambaataa and Kool DJ Herc played their records outside in the street. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.

I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records on two turntables. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone and began rapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and repetitive, and I hate it. I prefered jazz.

During the 1980s, hip-hop became populae all over the USA. Today's succesful artists like Missy Elliot and her friend Tim Mosley(Timbaland) heard it on the radio when they were growing up.

The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in Senegal, West Africa. I was writting a book about African-Americans. I was going to interviev a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artists. He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.


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