Irish hip hop is the response to the hip hop cultural movement that originated in New York City in the 1970s which, at that time, was most popular with members of the African-American community. In the 1980s, breakdancing and graffiti were the first elements of hip hop to find their way to Ireland and, around the same time, an underground scene of hip-hop music began to emerge.
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