Nowadays, many people like dancing, and each dance has a different style. So what kind of dance is hippop? Culturally speaking, hippop is a very common folk dance, which mainly rose in the 1980s. It is a very common impromptu dance on the streets of Brooklyn, new york, and occupies a very important position in American hip-hop culture. Most of the dancers in the street are Mexicans and blacks. At first, they regarded street dance as a cultural movement against street violence, and then it gradually evolved. In the process of dancing, they will dance freely and sing rap, so this street was once praised as the entertainment of the poor.