Never really gotten into hip hop music before. Why do people listen to it? What's popular about it? Who are some key figures? Anything you can tell me there?
Hip hop was developed in the 1970s, and has a stylized rhythm.  It's quite similar to rap.  To be honest, I prefer rock music.
Ah, I understand. That's alright. But you seem to have some history on it. Anything you can tell me about its popularity or key figures?
Keith Cowboy of The Furious Five may have been the first person to use the term.
I would have never known that. What's another fun fact?
and instrumental tracks.
Overview.
Hip hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African-American youth residing in the Bronx. However hip-hop music did not get officially recorded for the radio or television to play until 1979, largely due to poverty during hip-hop's birth and lack of acceptance outside ghetto neighborhoods. At block parties DJs played percussive breaks of popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer
to be as popular in the hip-hop world as I am in the indie rock world, or any other music that I like to make. I just try to make good music as much as possible, no matter the genre. If it's good it'll be spread on its own. I never really appreciated when people try to push their music on you. I like it when it's just good and it's there if you want it. That's how I'm approaching the hip-hop world