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Allow me to comment on this debate. Back in the early to mid 1970s, "Hip-Hop" was not developed yet. It was the Funk and Disco era. There were certainly DJs playing various styles of music, Rappers and MCs spittn on the mic, Graffiti Artists doing their thing, and street dancers getting it on, but it was not until later in the 1970s that ALL of these elements came together as Hip- Hop culture in NYC. Black rappers spearheaded what would become the most popular element RAP, as well as DJ techniqu