after a young messenger literally made his mark on society in the early 70s. TAKI put his name everywhere he went, and on every surface he could find. New York City's subway walls and ten car trains started to become the ideal forum for kids to get their name known all over the city. This graffiti became famous to the rest of the world in the late 1970's. The subway movement ended in the late 1980's, and, by that time, graffiti had been spread all over the country and throughout the world. Along with the popularity of graffiti, came the commercialization of what and many people in the hip-hop culture kept doing it. Graffiti was typically done by the young and oppressed youth from various ethnic backgrounds as a way of self-expression and release of creativity. Graffiti is a highly individualized style, which is name oriented and personal, and since it's a way of artistic expression, graffiti will never die.Breakdancing is another element that makes up the culture of hip-hop. This form of dancing emerged in the 1970's. This type of dance came as the DJ changed funk into a more bass and beat oriented music form. Breakdancing is thought to be very different from other kinds of dancing as it is performed on the street, while wearing a pair of sneaker and with a piece of cardboard. Breakdancing is said to have been originated by James Brown and the dance he is popular for...The Good Foot. It is a form of expression, by which one dance makes a move, and then other dancer understands that body language and does a move in response. It is thought that because of the high level of energy that he uses during a performance. Although breakdancing was a lot simpler then, its simpler versions are still thought of as the basis of the dances done today. This dance form became as highly personalized and sampled as graffiti; especially as speed and determination was the goal. The kids and those in street gangs in the South Bronx are the ones who began ut...
