According to Wikipedia, hip-hop music, also called rap music, is a musical genre consisting of stylized rhythmic music that generally accompanies rap, speech rhythmic and rhymed which is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rap, DJing/scratch, break/dancing, and graffiti writing. Hip hop is also characterized by these other elements: sampling (or synthesis) and beatboxing. Hip hop music developed from the mixing and remixing of popular music already played by party DJs. This music generally came from the funk, soul and disco genre. It started in the 1970s in the Bronx in New York and was very popular among African Americans. Spoken hip hop music is said to have been heavily influenced by West African culture, the call and response practices of African religious ceremonies, and jazz poetry. As such, soul singers like Blowfly, James Brown and Rudy Ray Moore are considered the "godfathers" of spoken word hip-hop music. hip-hop music. Spoken word poets such as Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets in New York also played an important role in the cultural environment in which hip hop music was created. In the early days of hip hop music, it was often described as a creative outlet and a voice for the harsh realities of inner-city youth living in low-economic areas. During the 1980s, hip hop music began to spread outside of America and to other countries. Beginning on the streets of New York, hip hop music has crossed cultural boundaries and changed the face of music around the world. Internationally, hip-hop is the most popular youth culture in the world. In countries like England, Brazil, Tokyo, India and South Africa, the impact of hip hop music on local culture...... middle of paper...... ure and cultural flows. "Globalization: A Basic Text. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 255-56. Print.Thompson, Ben "MIA Paper Planes Upend Globalization | Music | The Guardian." Latest news, sport and commentary from the Guardian | The Guardian. June 15, 2011. Web. December 21, 2011. Neate, Patrick. Where you are: Notes from the front lines of a hip-hop planet. London: Bloomsbury, 2004. Print.Nederveen, Pieterse Jan P. Globalization and Culture: Global Mixture Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Print.Galenson, David. “The globalization of advanced art in the twentieth century”. Economic Research Bureau. May 2008. Web. December 21, 2011. Canclini, Néstor G. “Hybrid cultures and communication strategies ».. 2011