Hip Hop has become a popular genre to listen to in one's car, party, home, etc. The genre which started in the Bronx is no longer the music of African Americans and Hispanics but rather people of all nationalities. The genre which started in the late 1960s by no one in particular (Kool Herc is given much of the credit for spreading it) has grown into the most listened to genre in America right now. One can see the importance of this topic by looking at society and how it is shaping it. One will be examining this topic from it's beginning up till the present while touching on the main events.