Figur 19 A (Hvidovre gør gode tider bedre)

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 Figure 19: The Hvidovre Style

 American hip-hop first arrived in Hvidovre in the summer of 1980, when young people gathered on Strøget in Copenhagen to dance to the new electro-rap sounds from the USA. However, it was in Hvidovre’s industrial landscape that the music found its own Danish voice through the creation of the "Hvidovre Style" by four artists—a movement that blurred the boundaries between so-called fine art and underground culture.

I.B. Braun constructed improvised dance stages from wreckage found on the beach, while breakdancers combined hip-hop with the physical expressions of the labour movement. In the trees by the water, F.P. Jac organised poetry battles, where old workers' songs were reborn as rap, while MC Strunge developed a visual language along the S-train line that fused poetic texts with graffiti wildstyle. 

In his makeshift studio in an abandoned factory, DJ Elmer experimented with sampling industrial sounds, workers' songs, and everyday rhythms to create hip-hop beats. When the four came together for jam sessions, a suburban fusion of street culture and local art emerged—one that differed distinctly from both the capital’s and the country’s interpretations of the genre.