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African American Vernacular English (AAVE) has deeply influenced hip-hop in a major way, especially in The Bronx, where the genre began. The Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) in The Bronx celebrates this cultural link between language and music into a still even today new art form. Opened for hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, the museum showcases AAVE impact through exhibits and events. Influential figures like Grandwizzard Theodore and Grandmaster Melle Mel are part of the museum’s board, emphasizing the strong connection between AAVE and hip-hop’s growth. (The Bronx Museum)

This idea is supported by studies on how AAVE's grammar developed over time. Research shows that AAVE has features like different ways to use the verb "to be," various ways to show when things happen, and ways to show how things happen. These features are also found in other languages like creoles. When we look at the history, we see that AAVE came from the time when African people were brought to America as slaves. They mixed their languages with English, and that's why AAVE has these features. As time went on, AAVE changed to be more like Standard American English, but it still kept some of those unique creole features. Lisa Green, Charles DeBose, John R. Rickford, and Salikoko S. Mufwene have all talked about this and given good reasons to believe it, showing how AAVE has changed from a creole language to what it is now. Green, L. J., & DeBose, C. E. (Eds.). (2015). The Oxford Handbook of African American Language. Oxford University Press.