Social Groups and Collective Actions

Afrika Bambaataa was the leader of the Zulu Nation and his goal was to bring people together with the use of his music.

This is an example of what a building in the Bronx arson looked like. The buildings were burned because the residents were not paying the rent and the landlords decided that it would be more profitable to burn down the buildings and collect money from the insurance companies.
As Hip Hop culture evolved it was spreadforth by social groups which includes collective action. Poverty and crime in communities caused a survival situation which forced youth to see gangs as a viable option. With gangs came two different groups: those who stayed in gangs and later made Gangsta rap, and those who bonded together over music separately from the gangs. DJ parties stemmed from the ghetto which included DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Dance parties got bigger and became much more enjoyable by many as Hip Hop culture spread. It slowly spread from New York all the way to the West Coast in Southern California where it continued to spread to the verge of a worldly recognized genre. This is a generalized history of how Hip Hop progressed through social groups and collective action.