EVOLUTION OF HIP HOP 2000-NOW

DANCING THEN

• When hip hop & rap music first started out, the dancing that went along with it was breakdancing
• By definition, breakdancing is an energetic & acrobatic style of street dancing

DANCING NOW

• We now have dance "fads" like the wop, dougie, shmoney dance, whip, nae nae, the quan, and dabbing.

MEN'S FASHION THEN

MEN'S FASHION NOW

WOMEN'S FASHION THEN

WOMEN'S FASHION NOW

POPULAR ARTISTS THEN

• T.I
• 50 Cent
• Jay Z
• Eminem
• Outkast

POPULAR ARTISTS NOW

• Drake
• Fetty Wap
• Kendrick Lamar
• J Cole
• Big Sean
• A$AP Rocky
• Nicki Minaj
• Beyonce
• Rihanna

The early 2000s saw a shift in the meaning of rap lyrics. They went from talking about the rapper's struggle growing up in poor, crime and drug ridden neighborhoods to their success in the music industry.

Rap lyrics are now about any variety of topics such as money, love, religion, gang violence, and even taboo topics such as homosexuality.

HIT SONGS 2000-2005

• Say My Name - Destiny's Child
• Crazy in Love - Beyonce & Jay Z
• No Scrubs - TLC
• Where is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas
• Hit 'Em Up Style - Blu Cantrell
• The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
• In Da Club - 50 Cent

HIT SONGS 2006-2010

• Temperature - Sean Paul
• Crank That - Soulja Boy
• Runaway Love - Ludacris & Mary J. Blige
• Low - Flo Rida
• Heartless - Kanye West
• Your Love - Nicki Minaj

HIT SONGS 2011-2016

• 6 Foot 7 Foot - Lil Wayne & Cory Gunz
• The Motto - Drake & Lil Wayne
• Clique - Kanye West, Jay Z, & Big Sean
• Trap Queen - Fetty Wap
• Hotline Bling - Drake
• 7/11 - Beyonce
• Diamonds - Rihanna
• Jumpman - Future & Drake