What is Hip-Hop?

Hip-Hop can be defined as being an expressive up-tempo art style found in different mediums. The most common mediums would include music, graffiti, dancing, and fashion. Some of the key factors that separate it from other art styles would be expressiveness and tempo. Hip-Hop is an expressive art form because it technically has no limitations or parameters. As a result Hip-Hop is solely based on the artist making each art no matter the medium a "snowflake." It's a snowflake because the art reflects their artist in that no two are the same. Hip-Hop also differs from other style forms because of its tempo. Therefore, no matter the medium the art it will have an up-tempo making it standout. This can be viewed in the music having up-tempo beats to graffiti with big vibrant colors that pop to break dancing which includes the whole body and a series of up tempo movements.
The University of Florida has a history of accepting diverse, talented,  and creative young minds. One place where the talent can be viewed at is the graffiti mural outside the university. It represents hip-hop because the mural itself is the representation of the individuality on the campus. The mural possess various different expressive pieces of art by very diverse students. Like most art pieces, the mural seems to have overlapping styles, however when looked closely it is observed that they are all distinct with there own meaning. Moreover, the mural has no parameters because the art pieces on the mural share no common category or similarity except for their individuality. The mural also shares the up-tempo style of hip-hop because the mural stands out with different vibrant colors, styles, and patterns appealing almost aggressive.