<P> New school hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983--84 with the early records of Run - D.M.C. and LL Cool J. The Golden age hip hop period was an innovative period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s . Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS - One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest . Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles and impoverished conditions of inner - city African - American youth . Schoolly D, N.W.A, Ice - T, Ice Cube, and the Geto Boys are key founding artists, known for mixing the political and social commentary of political rap with the criminal elements and crime stories found in gangsta rap . In the West Coast hip hop style, G - funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s with artists such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg . East Coast hip hop in the early to mid 1990s was dominated by the Afrocentric jazz rap and alternative hip hop of the Native Tongues posse as well as the hardcore rap of artists such as Mobb Deep, Wu - Tang Clan, and Onyx . East Coast hip hop also had gangsta rap musicians such as the Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim . </P> <P> In the 1990s, hip hop began to diversify with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap and Atlanta hip hop . At the same time, hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music, examples being neo soul (e.g.: Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu) and nu metal (e.g.: Korn, Limp Bizkit). Hip hop became a best - selling genre in the mid-1990s and the top selling music genre by 1999 . The popularity of hip hop music continued through the 2000s, with hip hop influences also increasingly finding their way into mainstream pop . The United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk (e.g.: Lil Jon & the East Side Boys, the Ying Yang Twins), a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics . Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane . During the mid-2000s, alternative hip hop secured a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of artists such as OutKast and Kanye West . During the late 2000s and early 2010s, rappers such as Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and B.o.B were the most popular rappers . During the 2010s, rappers such as Drake, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, and Kendrick Lamar all have been extremely popular . Trap, a subgenre of hip hop, also has been popular during the 2010s with hip hop artists and hip hop music groups such as Migos, Travis Scott, and Kodak Black . </P> <P> The creation of the term hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap . It is believed that Cowboy created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the U.S. Army, by scat singing the words "hip / hop / hip / hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of soldiers marching . Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly used by other artists such as The Sugarhill Gang in "Rapper's Delight". Universal Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa is credited with first using the term to describe the subculture in which the music belonged; although it is also suggested that it was a derogatory term to describe the type of music . The first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop . </P> <P> Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African - American youth residing in the Bronx . Block parties incorporated DJs, who played popular genres of music, especially funk and soul music . Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussive breaks of popular songs . This technique was then common in Jamaican dub music, and was largely introduced into New York by immigrants from Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean, including DJ Kool Herc, who has been called a "founding father of hip hop". Because the percussive breaks in funk, soul and disco records were generally short, Herc and other DJs began using two turntables to extend the breaks . Herc created the blueprint for hip hop music and culture by building upon the Jamaican tradition of impromptu toasting, a spoken type of boastful poetry and speech over music . On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc was the DJ at his sister's back - to - school party . He extended the beat of a record by using two record players, isolating the percussion "breaks" by using a mixer to switch between the two records . Herc's experiments with making music with record players became what we now know as breaking or "scratching". </P>

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