Pros And Cons Of Hip Hop
What Abilities Does Hip-hop Have? What would you do if I told you that hip-hop was the fastest growing music genre in the United States? What would you do if I told you that hip-hop was the fastest and largest growing music genre in the world? Well, they are both true (INTRO 2). With this new genre of music, there are trials that come with it, just like any new form of art. Even though hip-hop is a new and the largest growing genre of music, people believe that the teachings of hip-hop are preaching unorthodox values, when in reality the art form is telling stories, teaching ideas, and debating controversial issues in today’s society. “The thing about hip-hop is that it’s from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have
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Some other examples of how hip-hop teaches ideas is freedom of expression, it’s a way to show how creative and unique an individual is, and it shows the effects of hatred speech. An example of how young individuals think that hip-hop can raise you from the lower levels of society and make you famous is because of social media. One of the most talked about example is Chief Keef. The gangs in Chicago’s have a muse of Chief Keef because he started in the lower levels of society and made his way all the way to Las Angeles in the music business (P. 102-3 Chicago Magazine). Hip-hop is one of the only places where you are free to express how you really feel without someone censoring what you say. Although your music may not be played for the whole public to hear because of the language used in it, but this is one of the only free spaces you can express what you truly feel (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-palmer/the-rap-on-freedom-of-spe_b_47070.html). In the musical, there is little to no dialogue which is a direct representation of musical theater. Hip-hop teaches ideas in the musical because it mixes historical facts with an upbeat tempo, which in return the audience will be more likely to remember the facts or the words that accompany the beat. This musical is attractive to younger audiences because it mixes historical facts, that may not always be fun to learn, with a tempo that is “Ketchy”. An example from the musical Hamilton is in the song “Non-Stop”
Some other examples of how hip-hop teaches ideas is freedom of expression, it’s a way to show how creative and unique an individual is, and it shows the effects of hatred speech. An example of how young individuals think that hip-hop can raise you from the lower levels of society and make you famous is because of social media. One of the most talked about example is Chief Keef. The gangs in Chicago’s have a muse of Chief Keef because he started in the lower levels of society and made his way all the way to Las Angeles in the music business (P. 102-3 Chicago Magazine). Hip-hop is one of the only places where you are free to express how you really feel without someone censoring what you say. Although your music may not be played for the whole public to hear because of the language used in it, but this is one of the only free spaces you can express what you truly feel (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-palmer/the-rap-on-freedom-of-spe_b_47070.html). In the musical, there is little to no dialogue which is a direct representation of musical theater. Hip-hop teaches ideas in the musical because it mixes historical facts with an upbeat tempo, which in return the audience will be more likely to remember the facts or the words that accompany the beat. This musical is attractive to younger audiences because it mixes historical facts, that may not always be fun to learn, with a tempo that is “Ketchy”. An example from the musical Hamilton is in the song “Non-Stop”