His first deejay gig was as his sister’s birthday party. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other kids to call him Hercules. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. Kool Herc real name (Clive Campbell) emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. We’ll also examine how Hip Hop culture, specifically Hip Hop dance, influences our lives in the present day. In this article, we’ll talk about Hip Hop’s history from the 1970’s in the Bronx, New York. Hip Hop Dance is a style of dance with deeply rooted historical, social, cultural contexts that trace back to the African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora. And in order for you to be Hip Hop, you must actively participate in the culture. It is still the same movement it was in the 70’s – the one that gave the inner-city youth the motivation to live a better life. Hip Hop is a movement that represents the freedom to learn, grow, and evolve. In whatever form, Hip Hop is characterized creativity, identity, self-expression, originality, and respect. The values of Hip Hop are still alive and powerful. They embodied Hip Hop in the way they dressed, talked, expressed themselves, and treated their community. These art forms – whether it was music, dance, graffiti, fashion – soon became a lifestyle. Restless, yet refusing to be a victim of their circumstance, the youth started to dabble in different kinds of art. Kids were surrounded by drug use, crime, gang violence, and a general air of defeat. The Bronx was a rough place to grow up in the 70’s.
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