Rap Music Research Paper

In the beginning when hip hop/rap music was originated in the Bronx it was confined to New York’s metropolitan area. However, as the years passed by rap music began to expand and make its way to other areas around the World. Such areas as France, Germany, Africa, and the Middle East (The Furious Five of Rhymes). In the United States what started off as a way to express oneself, then became a commodity to make money and profit off the material. In the 90’s hip hop took a huge turn and “Gangster Rap started to emerge and this became the Thug Era” (The Furious Force of Rhymes, Grandmaster Caz). What appeared as something simple in the hood became a multimillion dollar industry to make money. Although, hip hop took this turn rap music became a
“saving grace” (Furious Force of Rhymes, Grandmaster Caz) to people over in the Eastern Hemisphere. Hip hop definitely has “considerable affinities” (Mitchell 32) and although rappers of the United States are trying to capitalize off their material and produce music on behalf of what will sells other countries are not. They’re actually rapping about their struggles, “where they are from and where they live” (Mitchell 32).