Rap and hip-hop are two of the most popular genres of music. Rapping is a form of art‚ that lets any person express their views of life from whomever or wherever they may be‚ rich or poor. Their history traces back to the schoolyards and ghetto neighborhoods of the South Bronx‚ with young children just putting a beat to the stories about their lives and hidden truths of the world. Now‚ rap and hip-hop top the Billboard charts‚ and have emerged as two of the most influential cultural forces of our
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One of the most important aspects in this module was showing that hip hop is a positive thing instead of a negative one like most perceive. The creation of the Hip Hop Culture helped black teenagers‚ as well as other minority teens to find something of their own in a country where they weren’t welcome by its other inhabitants. “Inspired by the DJs of the tenement blocks‚ black teenagers created hip hop‚ a celebratory subculture with its own language‚ its own music‚ dance‚ fashion and graffiti.” (Rap:
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the certain gender .In the documentary Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes by Byron Hurt it speaks out about how in music videos male have the more dominant power and girls are just seen as props or sex objects‚and females are called out of the names because they don’t dress like a lady.In the book We should all be feminists by Adichie she explains how she is a women who just wants the same respect and power as men instead of feeling inferior.Mainstream hip hop culture contradicts
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word niger meaning black. Nigger was used derogatory term used to refer to black slaves during colonial times. It represents generations of endured racism and oppression. The word was used to make a mockery of black people. “Whether [nigger is] used as a noun‚ verb‚ or adjective‚ it strengthened the stereotype of the lazy‚ stupid‚ dirty‚ worthless nobody‚” (Nigger‚ a brief history). The use of the word “nigger” strips away the individuality of a person. Nigger is evident in hip hop music‚ the civil
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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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Country and Hip Hop Comparison Many people who have no knowledge about music would think that country and hip hop do not have any similarities because of where their music originally began. However‚ country and hip hop do have several similarities that will be discussed in this essay. The similarities between country and hip hop are that this music both represents meaning and life stories in their lyrics such as love‚ drugs‚ sex‚ and alcohol‚ both genres are being judge by many people‚ and both
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Jazz vs. Hip Hop It is exceedingly interesting the way American culture is unoriginal in every way. Just about every aspect of American culture is in some way based on and/or influenced by people of another nationality as well as people of much different ethnicities than that of the typical white-protestant American. This is proven true through what Americans eat‚ the way they dance‚ and even the music they listen. Although America is the birthplace of both jazz and hip-hop‚ neither was really
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How Does Hip Hop Effects Teenagers! Hip hop started back in the late 1960s. Hip hop is many things such as music‚ style‚ dancing‚ and an overall swagga. They say hip hop started back in the 60s and back then people were doing break dancing and b-boying. The music culture also started up in New York in the early 1970s among the African Americans and Latino Americans. Since hip hop started in the Bronx‚ the lifestyle of hip hop culture has spread around the world. Other form of hip hop is beatboxing
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Subcultures: Hip Hop and Punk South University Online Compare and Contrast of Subcultures: Hip Hop and Punk Differences in beliefs and values from what the “norm” considers the right way makes you a subculture‚ but what makes them unique are the instruments they use to make their voice heard. While most people have taken for granted their language‚ beliefs and values there are some who within their subculture use their music to escape forms of oppression and lack of freedom. Hip Hop and Punk are
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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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