DJ Kool Hercs house parties gained popularity and later moved to outdoor venues in order to accommodate more people. Hosted in parks, these outdoor parties became a means of expression and an outlet for teenagers, where instead of getting into trouble on the streets, teens now had a place to expend their pent-up energy. Tony Tone, a member of the Cold Crush Brothers, noted that hip hop saved a lot of lives. Hip hop culture became a way of dealing with the hardships of life as minorities within America, and an outlet to deal with violence and gang culture. MC Kid Lucky mentions that people used to break-dance against each other instead of fighting.[50][full citation needed] Inspired by DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa created a street organization called Universal Zulu Nation, centered around Hip Hop, as a means to draw teenagers out of gang life and violence. The lyrical content of many early rap groups focused on social issues, most notably in the seminal track The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, which discussed the realities of life in the housing projects. Young black Americans coming out of the civil rights movement have used hip hop Read more

Hip Hop and the Start and Beauty of American society