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History And Emergence Of Hip Hop

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History and emergence of Hip Hop in Korea

Korea is a vibrant environment for contemporary music, and produces a wide array of styles. The country has produced internationally prominent composers and singers including Psy in which one of his music became a global phenomenon. Moreover, a new genre called Kpop also emerged during the 1990 's up to present. Today, The melodies of Korean music are quite similar to the mood of early 2000 's rhythm and blues music from America. Reflections of African American music are quite prominent due to Korea 's western influence and the United State 's heavy influence of Negro spirituals deriving in the 1800s during slavery of which you still see in music today. Story telling is very important in every culture and as Korea has had it 's own hardships it is easy to see how musicians took their own hardships applied them to influences from African Americans.

South Korea is one of the many countries that has experienced a rise in the popularity of hip hop in the last several years. The origins of hip hop in South Korea date back to the early 1990s when was still considered an underground phenomenon. About twenty years later, hip hop has become just as popular as K-Pop.

Hip hop in American itself thrived through the frustration of the government and it’s treatment of African Americans. It was a way to speak your mind freely. It was seen as a sociopolitical to certain events such as the 90s riots in Los Angeles which was a response to the

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