Abstract
Abstract This chapter investigates concepts in African American expressive practices, highlighting their transition to modern-day Hip Hop. To express this continuum, it draws on a range of examples, including rap music, jazz dance continuums, locking, and breaking. Afro-diasporic lineages of Hip Hop’s pioneers are foregrounded to challenge dominant perspectives on the modern emergence of Hip Hop, shedding light on dancers, DJs, and emcees, as well as on particular dance terms. Finally, Eurocentric hierarchical values that compromise Hip Hop’s cultural aesthetics and identity are brought to light. This analysis discusses the social dance foundations and their sociocultural context to encourage students who analyze and embody Hip Hop and its related culture to progress in their understandings. The chapter concludes with a social dance addendum.
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