‘Da’ What is Hip Hop? – Five Steez [Editorial]

'Da' What is Hip Hop? has taken you to New York, “the Birth place of hip hop”, a few times, but now they are taking you to where the founders of hip hop got their ideas! Jamaica.  If hip hop was born in New York, it was conceived in Jamaica.  Five Steez is an emcee from Kingston trying to rep hip hop to fullest in a country where Reggae and Dancehall rule.  He listened to all of the classic hip hop that put hip hop on the map, both within America and abroad, but living in Jamaica, Five Steez took to the online community far before so many of us did.  This is a really interesting read about growing up a hip hop fan when those around you are not.  Hip hop provided a community of sorts of Five Steez and also isolated him in a way too.  For a full look at the hip hop seen in Jamaica, Five Steez’s personal history and more of his music. CLICK HERE