Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. [international post-1945 styles and movements]

Anotations

Scope note:

Cultural movement encompassing DJing, rap and rap music, dance and dance music, graffiti writing, and styles of dress. The movement began in the 1970s, in the South Bronx section of New York City, a depressed, predominantly African American neighborhood. The popularity of rap music in particular throughout the 1980s to the present, helped turn hip-hop into an international movement.