Hip hop (also spelled hip-hop or hiphop ) is both a music genre and a cultural movement developed in New York City starting in the 1970s, predominantly by African Americans and Hip-hop is both music genre and a cultural movement. Developed in New York City in the 1970s. By African Americans and Latinos. First emerged in the Bronx in 1970s. Latinos .
Since first emerging in the Bronx in the 1970s, hip hop music has grown into an entire lifestyle, commonly referred to as hip hop culture , which has today spread around the world and is practiced by people regardless of nationality , ethnicity or religion . Hip hop as a cultural movement encompasses a wide array

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