What role does graffiti have in hip-hop & rap?

Batman · 06-04-2012, 02:16 AM

Frankly I've never been able to stay interested in these genres and am pretty ignorant of them (I'm making my way through the history & recommendations thread) but I've always paid attention to the better graffiti art around my city and was wondering what, if any, it's role in hip-hop is/was. I also thought it would be cool to have a thread were people could share pix of some cool stuff they've seen around their area. I'm a big fan of Odd Fellow's work, he's everywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He does a lot of fantasy-looking stuff;

Downtown, market street I think.

I'm pretty sure this is in the east bay, around San Leandro I think.

I'm guessing this is in the mission district.

**Janszoon** · 06-04-2012, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Batman

Frankly I've never been able to stay interested in these genres and am pretty ignorant of them (I'm making my way through the history & recommendations thread) but I've always paid attention to the better graffiti art around my city and was wondering what, if any, it's role in hip-hop is/was.

It's one of the four original pillars of hip hop, along with rapping, DJing and dance.

14232949 · 06-04-2012, 10:43 AM

Janzoon's summed it up.

Hip-hop is an ideology, consisting on the four pillars, as were originated in the Bronx, New York.
They consisted of rapping (MCing), DJing (deck scratching, etc) Graffiti/Street art and Street dance.

Mrd00d · 06-04-2012, 04:45 PM

Street culture. Whether you're musical, graphic, or dance-y, you can find a place in hip-hop.

06-04-2012, 02:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Batman Whatever, dude Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 70	What role does graffiti have in hip-hop & rap? Frankly I've never been able to stay interested in these genres and am pretty ignorant of them (I'm making my way through the history & recommendations thread) but I've always paid attention to the better graffiti art around my city and was wondering what, if any, it's role in hip-hop is/was. I also thought it would be cool to have a thread were people could share pix of some cool stuff they've seen around their area. I'm a big fan of Odd Fellow's work, he's everywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. He does a lot of fantasy-looking stuff; Downtown, market street I think. I'm pretty sure this is in the east bay, around San Leandro I think. I'm guessing this is in the mission district.

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Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	Street culture. Whether you're musical, graphic, or dance-y, you can find a place in hip-hop. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

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14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Janzoon's summed it up. Hip-hop is an ideology, consisting on the four pillars, as were originated in the Bronx, New York. They consisted of rapping (MCing), DJing (deck scratching, etc) Graffiti/Street art and Street dance.