The words "hip" and "hop" have a long history behind the two words being used together. In the 1950s, older folks referred to teen house parties as "hippity hops". The creation of the term hip hop is often credited to 查看更多內容

Transition to recording
The earliest hip hop music was performed live, at house parties and block party events, and it … 查看更多內容

Hip hop's "golden age" (or "golden era") is a name given to a period in mainstream hip hop, produced between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, which is characterized by its diversity, … 查看更多內容

Musical genres from which hip hop developed include funk, blues, jazz and rhythm and blues recordings from the 60s, 50s, and earlier, … 查看更多內容

Origins
Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970s in New York City from the multicultural … 查看更多內容

The new school of hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D.M.C. 查看更多內容

Commercialization and new directions
During the late 1990s, in the wake of the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., a new commercial sound emerged in the hip hop scene, sometimes referred to as the "bling era" (derived from Lil Wayne 查看更多內容