Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture - Paperbackby Yvonne Bynoe (Author) Hip Hop music is comprised of several art forms: 1) MC ing or rapping 2)B boying or breakdancing 3)Deejaying (music) and 4) Graffiti art (visual art). This encyclopedia examines all four elements of Hip Hop Culture, providing students, scholars, and music fans with a complete history of the thirty year music genre. Tracing its early roots from black DJs talking over music in the 1960s, the B boy dancers in the 1970s, and the