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How HIP-HOP influenced me.

HIP-HOP is simply a genre of suave lyrics combined with beats that are almost impossible to dance to. Now, I've not always been into hip-hop since day 1 or something, I used to listen to it back in my school days because I wanted to be cool in my front of my "rap listening" friends. I actually got into hip-hop when I commenced college, something that I didn't expect to happen to me. Being an ardent fan of hip-hop, I learned that hip-hop just isn't about the music but an entire culture. It represents a lifestyle, the 'OG' [Original Gangsters] rappers had to be from 'the hood' or a prominently black neighborhood. It all began in Bronx, New York when DJ Clive or 'Kool Herc' starting emceeing or 'MCing' in house parties. However hip-hop today, it is a global phenomenon that permeates just about every facet of society. Hip Hop gives a chance to rookies to express their flows or raps or bars to a very welcoming community but also ...