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Hip-Hop

By: Nico Schüler
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:hip-hop; music

Hip-hop is largely an African American culture emphasizing various practices of live performance. Hip-hop is comprised of deejaying (including turntable manipulations), rapping/emceeing, breakdancing (b-boying or breaking), graffiti, and beatboxing. The term hip-hop was first used in New York ...

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  Schüler, N. (2019). Hip-hop. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1086-1088). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n344
  
  Schüler, Nico. "Hip-Hop." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1086-88. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n344.
  
  Schüler, N. 2019. Hip-Hop. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1086-1088 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n344> [Accessed 17 May 2021].
  
  Schüler, Nico. "Hip-Hop." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1086-88. SAGE Knowledge. 17 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n344.
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