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Teo rapper6/7/2023 ![]() After accidently sliding the record under the needle a young Grand Wizard Theodore takes DJing a step forward by pushing the record back and forth lightly under the needle during breaks. Flash's partner, Mean Gene, has a thirteen-year-old-brother named Theodore that is also beginning to DJ at local parties.His new 'mixing' technique would be adopted by every hip-hop DJ to follow. Using headphones, he's able to get the songs to overlap and connect. Grandmaster Flash begins working on a new, revolutionary technique of DJing: In addition to extending the break of a song, he begins mixing bits of two different songs together.Soon, the term is shortened to b-boy and the style is called 'breakdancing.' Herc also takes an up-and-coming DJ named Grandmaster Flash under his wings. DJ Kool Herc coins the term break-boy to describe dancers that would dance during his extended breaks in the music.Soon after, Bambaataa forms the Zulu Nation and categorizes what he calls the 'Four Elements' of hip-hop: DJing, Breaking, Graf Artists and MCing A former gang member-turned-DJ named Afrika Bambaataa meets a young graffiti artist named Fab 5 Freddy a regular on the burgeoning hip-hop scene.It is alleged that Hollywood coins the term 'hip-hop' though some say his partner, Lovebug Starski, came up with the term. ![]()
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