| Hip Hop music is a category of music that came about | | | | individual artists and they can also customize the |
| as the part of the Hip hop culture. The characteristics | | | | existing beats to create their own beats. |
| of this music are rapping, sampling, DJing, scratching | | | | The artists of this genre certainly know well how to |
| and beat boxing. The origin of this music could be | | | | make hip hop beats. They were able to listen to the |
| traced to the South Bronx of the New York City in | | | | existing lyrics and beats and then customize them to |
| 1970. Although rapping is generally thought to be | | | | make own beats. The entire practice has inspired a |
| synonymous with hip hop, it is actually the part of a | | | | generation that has learnt how to make hip hop beats. |
| subculture. | | | | The entire genre of music became so popular that |
| The credit of creating the Hip hop beats is generally | | | | people would now readily know how to make hip hop |
| given to Keith Cowboy, who used to be the rapper | | | | beats. |
| with bands like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious | | | | This genre of music was initially developed as a |
| Five. However, Keith Cowboy, Love bug Starski, and | | | | category of music that was all about the rhythm and |
| DJ Hollywood used the term when people knew this | | | | the beats and artists relied solely on their skills and |
| as the disco rap. | | | | talent to make this genre of music popular to the |
| It is believed that the term came about when Keith | | | | world. |
| Cowboy teased a friend of his who had just joined the | | | | Things changed dramatically when the musical |
| U.S. Army in order to imitate the rhythmic cadence of | | | | instruments came into being and they revolutionized |
| the marching of the soldiers. The term was later | | | | the entire category of music. The SugarHill Gang is |
| incorporated into the musical performances by | | | | credited with the use of modern instruments in the |
| Cowboy and used by SugarHill Gang in the Rapper's | | | | rapping music and that actually triggered the use of |
| Delight. | | | | modern musical instruments in this category of music. |
| Rapping, which is also known as emceeing or MCing, is | | | | An entire industry has evolved around this style of |
| a style of single in which an artist speaks about the | | | | music and people now know how to make beats. |
| notes and lyrics in a rhythmic style to the tone of a | | | | They have an access to the various software that is |
| musical instrument or to the sound of beats. The great | | | | available on the internet and these enable them to |
| thing about rapping is that these can be created by | | | | download or import music and customize them. |