Still Not A Player

The Ghetto is the place where hip hop truly got started and became a powerful force. On street corners in the ghetto men and women would gather around creating musical beats and rhyming over those beats, often talking about their past, their struggle, or making fun of others around them. It was a tool used to express themselves, spread their message and attempt at creating a career.

This "hood" lifestyle first came to prominence in the South Bronx a bit over 50 years ago. A developer named Robert Moses who ended up doing a lot of construction in the area turned that part of the city into a ghetto. While this is not a good thing for the city, it ended up being good for Hip Hop. Some of the genre's biggest performers were from The South Bronx. Jennifer Lopez (while not a rapper) represented The Bronx proudly on her single " Jenny From The Block". With the likes of Big Pun, Fat Joe and KRS-One, the South Bronx have been rep'd well.