Graffiti
Graffiti is one of the four elements of Hip-Hop culture. It is commonly credited word about the culture out there in 60's and early 70's.
In the early years of graffitti it was used by political activists and gangs that used it to mark territory. Graffiti embodies the visual aspect of the culture/Rap music, just as break dancing is is viewed as a physical expression.It as well started off from the bronx NY and spread to the rest of the city and eventually the world.In the early days of culture Graffiti artist's were also usually also Dj's,B-Boy's or Emcees. The Art form mostly started out with tag's which were stylized signatures of names.Graffiting was seen by a lot of as a way to advertise themselves so they tried to tag as many places as they could,targeting places that would be very visual. Places such as city's walls, bridges, monuments, subway stations, and other public places. A lot of kids would get praise for tags but the Media and city officials saw it as the worst possible pollution.
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