... time, an unusual play list of R&B, soul, funk, and obscure disco. Herc quickly became the essence of what hip-hop was all about and kids from the Bronx loved his ghetto style. Herc started mixing short percussions of songs by using a special mixer, this became one of the first major parts of hip-hop known as DJ-ing. Also from Herc ... -hop but now they are being drawn to rap music by people who are wealthy and lying in their rhymes. However hip-hop was used as an escape from the ghetto at times and helped a lot of peoples lives that without it could be in jail or maybe even dead. Not onl...

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