More interesting than the proliferation of hip n' hipster following the Beat poets are the claims to the word's origins.

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The band formed seven years ago and their sound fuses hip hop, soul, R 'n' B and rock.

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Then, even before Dole hip-hopped over to the rock-'n'-roll museum, I heard on CBC radio about bowling with frozen chickens in Wellington, New Zealand.

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