Evolution of Hip Hop: A City-by-City Analysis

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The Rap or Hip Hop culture varies widely depending on what city the artist is from. Each city has its own style but typically evolved from an urban community and often times comes from poverty and hardships. The 5 main cities rap has evolved from are New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and most recently south Florida and each city is very unique and often times sounds similar based on the area you live in. First, we must start with where rap originated from which is New York, specifically the Bronx which consisted in the beginning of rappers like Grandmaster Flash and Run Dmc. This was around late 1970 and the main components of Hip Hop at that time would be things like break dancing, graffiti, and dj’ing, it had a very funky and upbeat …show more content…

One of the first artist to come out of the Hip Hop scene would be Outkast who was the leading artist in Atlanta for most of the 2000’s. There was also Gucci Mane who came shortly after and who was very similar to Kodak Black because he was constantly being locked up for drug and crime related charges. Gucci Mane was actually released in late 2016 and now has become sober and is arguably the biggest rapper in the world currently. Some other huge names to come out of Atlanta would be the Migos, which is a group consisting of 3 cousins; Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset, who is by far the most popular rap group currently. Since the 2000’s, Atlanta has dominated the rap game with artists like Andre 3000, Waka Flocka Flame, and B.o.B. who would also set the foundation for the Atlanta Hip Hop Scene. It is hard to name all the artist coming out of Atlanta because their are so many big names but it is undoubtedly the leading city when it comes to rap music. Overall every city has its own style and values when it comes to rap and they all want to represent their territory. This is a very opinionated topic and it is hard to say who the best of all time is and we will probably never know that answer. The only thing we can do is too see what is to come in the rap world and be open minded to these new and upcoming artist, while also paying respect to Hip Hops

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