Hip Hop as a Force for Social Change In the Triton Talk‚ Using Hip Hop and Arts as Forces for Social Change‚ Phillip Jacobs discusses the societal impact of hip hop and the changes it has caused. Social change‚ as defined by Cliff Notes‚ “refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms…changes yielding profound social consequences” (Social Change Defined). Jacobs claims that hip hop is influential in society in many ways; he brings up several examples
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Hip Hop: The Movement and the Social Challenge Hip hop is a musical culture that has undergone rapid development and transformation since its origins during the 1970s in New York City. (I would consider rewording first sentence. The last part of the sentence should maybe be shortened and put at the beginning) What started off first as a relatively underground culture‚ has rapidly led to a major entertainment industry that has become largely commercialized within mainstream popular culture. (A little
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Impact of Hip Hop on Society and the Negative Stereotypes that Follow Drake‚ one of the most popular musical artists of our time‚ once said‚ “I want to take it deeper than money‚ girls‚ vacation‚ and influence a generation that’s lacking in patience.” It’s very easy to fall under the media’s preconception of how Hip Hop only touches on materialistic items‚ violent behavior‚ and substance abuse. However‚ the media only portrays a very small image of Hip-Hop‚ not the whole genre. As a whole‚ Hip-Hop portrays
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Rap and Hip-Hop music has been around since Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five with their track‚ The Message. Music in general is a major influence in a child’s or teenager’s life. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation‚ the average child listens to more than 2 1/2 hours of music daily. (1). www.livestrong.com Is this a good or bad thing for teenagers around the world? Rap music does not really make problems for teens who live in a balanced/healthy lifestyle. According to the American Academy
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something deeper in hip hop other than diamond chains‚ nice cars‚ nine millimeter hand guns‚ and gang signs. Hip hop has roots that most MC’’s feel has strayed over the years. Not only has it strayed but original hip hop is not as popular as it once was. Hip hop has become a culture‚ that open doors of different avenues of artistry. Hip hop has done so much into emphasizing the importance of art and movement that there is a number of people that will keep us reminded what hip hop really was. These
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Hip Hop is made up of powerful lyrics and beats that are not only entertaining‚ but relatable to the challenges that most of us face today‚ particularly African Americans. Yes‚ some hip hop songs are on the indecent side‚ but that is not enough to say that hip hop degrades our society. Hip hop is one of the most popular and pursued musical categories in the United States. People can not take a few degrading hip hop songs and say that all hip hop music degrades the society. That is not fair to all
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Kid ‘n Play‚ was a hip hop duo that has left their mark in the culture’s history. Composed of Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin. They not only made a successful music career‚ but also branched out into acting and even the clothing industry. The hip hop duo aided in the diversity of the hip hop culture. They help revolutionize the genre through their party anthems‚ energetic dance moves and overall success that helped spread their fame and aided in the building of Kid ‘n Play’s
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At-Risk youth in need of intervention oftentimes do not seek proper help and instead deal with their issues and frustrations internally‚ turning to music (specifically Hip Hop/Rap) as an outlet in response to the poor social conditions in their environment (Alvarez‚ 2012). There is a direct correlation between where a young person is raised (relating to their SES) and their social/emotional outcomes. Urban youth who grow up in poverty and/or are exposed to violence and drugs‚ are likely to be at
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Masculinity in American Society and Hip-Hop Never cry or show any emotion‚ when things happen take it like man‚ do not get mad‚ get even. These along with many other rules are makeup “the Guy Code” believed to shape what masculinity in American society. “’Bros before Hoes’: The Guy Code” by Michael Kimmel discusses a set of epigrams and analyzes American masculinity. These ideals of what is takes to be a “man” are often portrayed by hip-hop artists in today’s mainstream music industry. Kimmel
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and Hip-Hop Culture in New York shows and analyses the hip-hop cultures origins whilst remaining predominately specific to “B-Boys.” He does this by going through the history and origins of B-Boys and B-Girls from 2003 to 2008 in New York. Joseph G. Schloss shows the progression and evolution of cultural differences from different regions by showing the varying differences in experiences of dancers. Although Hip-Hop has been given negative connotations by pop culture‚ Schloss believes that Hip-Hop
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