What are the four elements of hip-hop?

1. What is the relationship between the activist and artist?

1. What are the necessary elements to create a cultural movement? Do you think that there are any other elements?

1. Is there anything in our modern day, popular culture, that is free of corporate money and influence?

1. Would hip-hop have grown and still be a force in our society without corporate America? Support you answer.

1. Do you believe graffiti was an integral part of the hip-hop movement? Why?

1. Breakdancing incorporates elements of capoeira, rumba, krav maga, and gung fu. Yet early break dancers had never seen any of these forms of dance [and military dance]. Do you believe in unconscious connectivity to the past, present and future?

1. The two influences one of the dancers claimed to the art of breakdancing was ballet and James Brown. Who were James Brown's influences?

1. With the corporatization and monetization of almost every aspect of our lives, do you think a youth movement has the ability to grow large enough to have an influence on our culture and politics like graffiti and hip hop did?

1. Would hip-hop have grown and still be a force in our society without corporate America?

1. The author references the beliefs relied on the fear of the other, rather than solid data. How was this response, from more than 50 years ago, connected to the world we live in today?

1. Why is hip-hop so universal? Use clear and solid examples.