{"id":177,"date":"2009-02-18T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T03:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2009-02-18T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T03:11:02","slug":"hip-to-the-game-dance-world-vs-music-industry-the-battle-for-hip-hop%e2%80%99s-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/hip-to-the-game-dance-world-vs-music-industry-the-battle-for-hip-hop%e2%80%99s-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip to the Game: Dance World vs. Music Industry, The Battle for Hip Hop\u2019s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Movmnt.com, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movmnt.com\/monsters-of-hip-hop_002624.html\">article<\/a> on how hip-hop dance has finally become it&#8217;s own cultural icon.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In its origins, hip-hop was largely a subculture and a form of style and expression developed by urban minorities. But now it has become part of the mainstream. Street talk, dress, and music have all become an undeniable influence on American culture. In 2003, the Oxford English dictionary added \u201cphat,\u201d \u201cjiggy,\u201d \u201ddope,\u201d and \u201cbreakbeat\u201d to the online updates of its dictionary. Slang terms like \u201cbling\u201d and \u201cbaby mama\u201d are now so colloquial you can hear them on the news. Clothing trends like tracksuits and hoodies are no longer limited to rappers\u2019 gear, but are worn by everyone. Hip-hop style has become so prevalent that Jay-Z has his own clothing label, 50 Cent his own shoe line, and Diddy his own fragrance\u2014and that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>http:\/\/www.movmnt.com\/monsters-of-hip-hop_002624.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Movmnt.com, an article on how hip-hop dance has finally become it&#8217;s own cultural icon. In its origins, hip-hop was largely a subculture and a form of style and expression developed by urban minorities. But now it has become part of the mainstream. Street talk, dress, and music have all become an undeniable influence on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/hip-to-the-game-dance-world-vs-music-industry-the-battle-for-hip-hop%e2%80%99s-legacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hip to the Game: Dance World vs. Music Industry, The Battle for Hip Hop\u2019s Legacy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}