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The hip-hop dance style is a one-of-a-kind street dance style performed to hip-hop music. Hip-hop dance originated in the Bronx NY by DJ Kool Herc at a back-to-school party he threw on August 11, 1973. It was then that he used two turntables to extend the instrumental portions of the songs he played, while people danced and MCs gave shout-outs over the music. Prior to the term ‘hip-hop,’ the genre of music was reportedly called disco rap. The prime difference between other fo