Hip hop (also spelled hip-hop or hiphop) is both a cultural movement and a genre of music developed in New York City in the 1970s by African Americans.^[1] Since first emerging in the Bronx, the lifestyle of hip hop culture has today spread around the world.

Hip hop culture includes breakdancing (a street dance style done over funk or hip hop music rhythm breaks), graffiti (also known as 'writing'), rapping, beat-boxing and hip-hop fashion (a style of dress).

When hip hop music developed in the 1970s, it was originally based around DJs like "DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince" who created rhythmic beats by "scratching" with record players, and "rapping" (a rhythmic style of chanting).