In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graffiti was formed in the early 1960s. It originally was only used as a way for street gangs to mark their territory before it became an art form and later lead to take a part in the development of Hip-Hop.
Before street gangs spray-painted their territory, hieroglyphics were considered a very early form of Graffiti. According to dictionary.com hieroglyphics are “designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.”
Prior to the developement of rap in the 1970s, MCs or DJs would make announcements to a crowd of people at a party or social setting in rhythmic fashion. Later the announcements began to rhyme and people started to create styles of their own with their own rhyme patterns.
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I thought Graffiti stated in New York. I guess I was wrong. I agree with you that it was a way for the gangs to mark their terrortoy and to worn the other boys don't come in or face your dome.
Egyptians were the very first ones to make graffiti, as pictures to represent information. Some graffiti in New York was beautiful as the egyptian artwork and other graffiti was a mess.
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