Register
4. What does "hip-hop” actually mean? What is the name's origins?
196k views
1 vote
4. What does "hip-hop” actually mean? What is the name's origins?

User Bruno Habermann
by
7.2k points

2 Answers

0 votes
Keith Wiggins is credited to coming up with the term in 1978 as he was teasing a friend who just joined the US Army by “scat singing” the words ‘hip hop’ in a way that mimicked the rhythm of the marching soldiers.
User Vgoff
by
7.9k points
2 votes

Answer:

A type of dance

Step-by-step explanation:

User Ashwin Ramaswami
by
8.3k points
← Prev Question Next Question →

Related questions

Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Other Questions

What song contains the line, "Lets be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly"?
Which statement about the artist Michelangelo is not correct? A. He admired the classical past of Greece and Rome and the humanist ideals of the Renaissance. B. He enjoyed an easygoing and respectful relationship
What are some facts about j. Vincent scarpace ??
What is a tonal collage? We learnt it in school BUT I can't remember.
Who knows the book Rose Blanche
Link Copied!