FOLK-E 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dj Kool Herc, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Scary Movie (Film Series)
7 Sep 2018
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Product of inner-city african-american, caribbean and latino communities that were plagued by poverty, community decay, and the proliferation of drugs and gang violence in the 1960s and early 1970s. 4 parts: graffiti, b-boying, djing, mcing. Eventually decayed and led to gang violence: truce of 1971. Pre-teen and teenaged kids were responsible for creating, producing, and supporting the products now called hip hop. Loosely organized group of individuals who collaborate together for social reasons. Leadership strategy: prez, vp, warlord, masher (best streetfighter, peacekeeper. Wore their (cid:862)(cid:272)olors(cid:863) and certain types of clothing/brands. An unauthorized inscription or drawing made on some public surface. Made tagging famous at 15: a graffiti writers personalized signature or logo. People would go all over the city by train and spread their work (all city) One of the grand expressionists of new york graffiti art movement from the south. Be(cid:272)a(cid:373)e a (cid:862)ki(cid:374)g(cid:863) of the 2nd wave after the chemical wash program.
