Millennium Stage
Couch Concert
Kokayi and Oh He Dead
Streaming Live
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Millennium Stage
Hip hop embraces these artistic elements, most definitely. But it also has blended and transcended them to become a means for seeing, celebrating, experiencing, understanding, confronting, and commenting on life and the world. Hip hop, in other words, is a way of living—a culture.
The elements of hip hop came together in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1970s. From a whole lot of nothing—and a whole lot of imagination—hip hop took form.
This performance explores the hip hop dance and music movement including beat boxing, breaking, locking, floor work, and top rock.
In this video series, turntablist Kuttin Kandi, one of the best battle DJs in the game, demonstrates the basics of her instrument.
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