hip-hop
DJing, breaking, and graffiti are also major hip-hop elements. This topic is part of Genres within Music. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
hip-hop trivia questions
Which element is central to hip-hop music?
Answer: Rapping over beats
Bonus fact: DJing, breaking, and graffiti are also major hip-hop elements.
Who is often credited with pioneering hip-hop DJ techniques at Bronx parties?
Answer: DJ Kool Herc
Bonus fact: Kool Herc extended percussion breaks for dancers.
Boomboxes became especially associated with hip-hop and street culture during which decade?
Answer: 1980s
Bonus fact: Large portable stereos became visual icons of hip-hop culture during the late 1970s and 1980s.
Hip-hop culture emerged in the 1970s in which part of New York City?
Answer: The Bronx
Bonus fact: Early hip-hop parties are strongly associated with the South Bronx.
Breakdancing is also commonly called what?
Answer: Breaking
Bonus fact: Breaking grew from hip-hop culture.
Breaking emerged prominently in which New York City borough?
Answer: The Bronx
Bonus fact: It developed in the 1970s hip-hop scene.
Which genre is strongly associated with DJs, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti culture?
Answer: Hip-hop
Bonus fact: Hip-hop emerged in New York City in the 1970s.