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hip-hop
[ hip-hop ]
noun
- a popular culture movement originated by Black performers in New York City in the 1970s and characterized by rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art:
The choreographer was a pioneer in introducing hip-hop to the national and international stage.
Writing about hip-hop was really just an excuse to write about all these other aspects of Black culture.
adjective
- relating to or characteristic of this movement:
Unlike other big-name designers, he tapped into hip-hop street styles, which made him one of the wealthiest designers of the 1990s.
hip-hop
/ ˈhɪpˌhɒp /
noun
- a US pop culture movement originating in the 1980s comprising rap music, graffiti, and break dancing
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of hip-hop1
Example Sentences
“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
She attends hip-hop and belly dance classes (known as Arabic dance in Iran) just to shine more at parties.
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