the modern form of hip hop was 'born' in the late 80's if i remember correctly you gotta be deaf if you say that african music sounds even close to hip hop.

by that rational socrates and ancent greeks probly invented hip-hop or maybe the egyptians haha

Nah! The ancent Greeks n egyptians invented machines n writin. Mayb say de jews 2b exact David frm de old testament of de bible he was de gr8 poet as well. If u mix poetry n drum beatin u creat hip-hop. Playin drumz n poetry is a way of celebration in de African culture. Nas knoz beta abt de origin of hip-hop try 2 listen 2 his lyrics

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Thnx 4 de spellin correction. Anyway dats nt de point, am proud hip-hop has reacht a high level in de music industry frm jungle music 2 internationally recognisd music. Different races luv hip-hop music n dats de fact. The other fact is hip-hop cn be mixt wit other musical genres which meks it unique. Though hip hop originatd frm Africa i stil enjoy hip-hop from other continents as well.

Metal-Classical, Folk, Electronic, Hiphop, Punk, saying hiphop is unique because it can be mixed with other genres is wrong.

Am a Deejay a r*per @ de sem tym n a big fun of music. I kno wat am tokin abt

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music ''Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American and Latino youth residing in the Bronx''

''However, the roots of spoken hip hop music are found in African-American music and ultimately African music, particularly that of the griots of West African culture''

i guess the actual 'origin' could be either of the two, depending on how you see it