Hiphop Subculture
Hip-hop and the US.
Hip-hop is actually a very wide subject, so in this presentation I’m mainly going to focus on the music genre hip-op.
Hip-hop has its origin in the USA. It was produced hip-hop music by African-American and Latino people from The Bronx in the 1970s, one of the boroughs of New York. Young artists were creating a new way to express themselves and their frustrations. They spoke of the difficulties of a “hard” life and some of the experiences they were forced to go through. Some of which were poverty, racism, and peer pressures. They began combining beats and words together to form hip-hop. The music was played a lot at parties in The Bronx, in so called "block parties" and it took off on to be one of the greatest cultures in the United States. Hip-hop music began as said in the 1970s, but the late 80s to the mid-90s, is considered hip-hops golden time.
Hip hop has most likely faced more problems with censorship than any other form of popular music recently, because of the use of sexually and violent lyrics. The use of curse words in many songs have made it hard to broadcast it on TV stations such as MTV, in music video form, and on radio. Many hip hop recordings are broadcast in a censored form, with offending language blanked out of the soundtrack. Hip hop music promotes killing, drugs, sex, crime and violence. Indeed, youngsters might be greatly influenced by the content of the song.
Hip-hop has had an enormous impact on America's popular culture. It has since the 1980s been incredibly popular in the U.S., and it still is today. Hip-hop is one of America's largest and most important cultures and today we can see Hip-hop influence on American culture more clearly just the way young people dress, speak and behave. The biggest celebrities in the US come from the hip-hop culture, like Eminem, Jay-z, Lil Wayne and 50 cent. Hip-hop artists such as these have also had a big impact on American politics. 50 Cent has been in many marketing
Hip-hop is actually a very wide subject, so in this presentation I’m mainly going to focus on the music genre hip-op.
Hip-hop has its origin in the USA. It was produced hip-hop music by African-American and Latino people from The Bronx in the 1970s, one of the boroughs of New York. Young artists were creating a new way to express themselves and their frustrations. They spoke of the difficulties of a “hard” life and some of the experiences they were forced to go through. Some of which were poverty, racism, and peer pressures. They began combining beats and words together to form hip-hop. The music was played a lot at parties in The Bronx, in so called "block parties" and it took off on to be one of the greatest cultures in the United States. Hip-hop music began as said in the 1970s, but the late 80s to the mid-90s, is considered hip-hops golden time.
Hip hop has most likely faced more problems with censorship than any other form of popular music recently, because of the use of sexually and violent lyrics. The use of curse words in many songs have made it hard to broadcast it on TV stations such as MTV, in music video form, and on radio. Many hip hop recordings are broadcast in a censored form, with offending language blanked out of the soundtrack. Hip hop music promotes killing, drugs, sex, crime and violence. Indeed, youngsters might be greatly influenced by the content of the song.
Hip-hop has had an enormous impact on America's popular culture. It has since the 1980s been incredibly popular in the U.S., and it still is today. Hip-hop is one of America's largest and most important cultures and today we can see Hip-hop influence on American culture more clearly just the way young people dress, speak and behave. The biggest celebrities in the US come from the hip-hop culture, like Eminem, Jay-z, Lil Wayne and 50 cent. Hip-hop artists such as these have also had a big impact on American politics. 50 Cent has been in many marketing