Hip Hop

Music Appreciation Hip-Hop is one of the newest forms of music. It has expanded and is now the most popular form of music for people ages 11-25. In the last 2 years, hip-hop is the most lucrative form of music. It has sold billions of records and has made record companies billions of dollars. Hip-Hop was started in New York City in the late 70’s by the cities youth. Hip-Hop was more than just music, it …

…able to get their product around displayed around the country. Even with all the success Rap artist were still not look at as important artist to major record labels. In 1993 Hip-Hop was finally looked at as a big money maker in the music industry. It became known world wide. Now Hip-Hop is the main money maker in the music industry. It grossed over 2 billion dollars in sells in 1998, topping all other forms of music. This