1. When organising gatherings, both a DJ and an MC were needed.

2. Herc began his career as an MC.

3. Herc came up with hip hop when he realised people didn't like the music he was playing.

4. The first hip-hop party spread to a park.

5. Hip hop got its name from the lyrics of a song.

6. At parties, breakdancers competed against each other.

7. Lots of hip-hop songs which had to do with social issues became hits.

ACTIVITY D

Look at the highlighted words in the text and guess what they mean.

1. the state of being poor

2. the place or culture where somebody/ something comes from, the origin

3. a period of history

4. part of something

5. a person that competes with another

6. do or say something publicly because you disagree

7. do better than somebody else

8. a person who has come to live in a country they are not from

9. a person invited to a house or an event