| The origin of hip-hop can be traced back as | | | | in the low-income areas of New York |
| far as the ancient tribes in Africa. Rap has | | | | City.Fast-forward from the tribes of Africa |
| been compared with the chants, drumbeats and | | | | to the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica in the |
| foot-stomping African tribes performed before | | | | late sixties. The impoverished of Kingston |
| wars, the births of babies, and the deaths of | | | | gathered together in groups to form DJ |
| kings and elders. Historians have reached | | | | conglomerates. They spun roots and culture |
| further back than the accepted origins of | | | | records and communicated with the audience |
| hip-hop. It was born as we know it today in | | | | over the music. |
| the Bronx, cradled and nurtured by the youth | | | | |