break dancing, also called breaking and B-boying, energetic form of dance, fashioned and popularized by African Americans and Latinos, that includes stylized footwork and athletic moves such as back spins or head spins.
The role of a disk jockey, playing and mixing recorded music.
Graffiti; a beautiful word for something traditionally associated with illegal urban activity. As the plural of the Italian archaeological term Graffito, its original context, meant a deliberate mark made by scratching or engraving on a large surface such as a wall.
MCing, aka rapping—putting spoken-word poetry to a beat. Breaking—Hip Hop’s dance form. Writing—the painting of highly stylized graffiti. Theater and literature—combining Hip Hop elements and themes in drama, poetry, and stories.
Information shared within the culture and inspiring the culture that brings an edifying effect on the culture. This is the esoteric foundation of hiphop.