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is a postmodern art in that it shamelessly raids older forms of pop culture--kung fu movies, chitlin' circuit comedy, '70s funk, and other equally disparate sources--and reshapes the material to fit the personality of an individual artist and the taste of the times.

It's a postmodern art in that it shamelessly raids older forms of pop culture--kung fu movies, chitlin' circuit comedy, '70s funk, and other equally disparate sources--and reshapes the material to fit the personality of an individual artist and the taste of the times.

is a product of post-civil rights era America, a set of cultural forms originally nurtured by African American, Caribbean American, and Latin American youth in and around New York in the '70s.

At its most elemental level hip hop is a product of post-civil rights era America, a set of cultural forms originally nurtured by African American, Caribbean American, and Latin American youth in and around New York in the '70s. Its most popular vehicle for expression has been music, though dance, painting, fashion, video, crime, and commerce are also its playing fields. It's a postmodern art in that it shamelessly raids older forms of pop culture--kung fu movies, chitlin' circuit comedy, '70s funk, and other equally disparate sources--and reshapes the material to fit the personality of an individual artist and the taste of the times.

1s 2ost popular vehicle for expression has been music, though dance, painting, fashion, video, crime, and commerce are also its playing fields.

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