Hip hop or
hip-hop is a
subculture and
art movement developed in
South Bronx in
New York City during the late 1970s.
[1][2][3][4][5] While people unfamiliar with hip hop culture often use the expression "hip hop" to refer exclusively to
hip hop music (also called "
rap"),
[6] Hip hop is characterized by nine distinct elements or expressive realms, of which hip hop music is only four elements (rapping, djaying, beatboxing and breaking)