Breadcrumb Home Social Studies The History of Hip-Hop Culture in America The History of Hip-Hop Culture in America Download as PDF Course Code SOC 510 Program Social Studies Credits 0.5 Course Length 1 period This course examines the blossoming of Hip Hop as a musical genre and as a cultural and political youth movement from the 1970s to the present, extending from its origins in New York city to the rest of the nation and the world.