So where did it all start well hip hop started in the south Bronx in New York . i actually thought Bronx was short for Brooklyn but i guess i was wrong "Laugh out loud"
So where did the birth of hip hop start
well it started in the south Bronx in New York. I actually thought Bronx was
short for Brooklyn "Laugh out loud" I hope you Americans understand
my joke.
Bronx was once called Manor of
morrisania then later shortened to morrisania
Germans
and Irish immigrants moved to the city then it became heavily populated
with Jewish people in 1930 in its peak around 43% of people were Jewish
The white flight also known as the ethnic
shift started in the 1950s in the Bronx moved from two thirds of non Hispanic
to two thirds of black African American or Puerto rican –after world war 2 the
Bronx became a city where people of different
Poverty=Poor
Where did the cookie start to crumble
well it crumbled in the south Bronx in the 1960s you could latterly graffiti
poverty all over this town. The south Bronx
is a working class city for families but then later dispersed into a
poverty city in the 20th century .
What contributed to this cookie crumble
was it missing its chocolate chips ? I guess in other words you can say so
there was no strong foundation in this city because many factors such as the
white flight , landlords abandoning the city because of reconstruction of cross
bronx expressway and the ethinic movement of different races moving into the
city so this was the core to the
poverty
Arts and Culture
In the 1970s the South Bronx is known
for its quirky fresh prince of bel air art scene the art scene blossomed from the Fashion moda
founded by a Viennese artist, Stefan Eins
Hip Hop art and fashion is still being communicated today and graffiti still continues.
