Minstrel Shows and Hip-Hop the Degradation of the African American Culture For the y2k generation‚ Hip-Hop Music has been the center of popularity and interest. In the late 1800’s Minstrel shows served the same purpose. Throughout the various generations music and theatre have had a large impact throughout the community. However this impact is not always positive. What was originated as positive became negative very quickly. The minstrel show‚ which was originally intended to be harmless
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common with the fifth element of hip hop. I use this video to complement the article written by Bettina Love in my literature choice regarding her philosophy for learning. The video starts with a powerful quote from Ella Baker‚ "Be quiet‚ children. Everyone is somebody. Just make sure that when you walk‚ you take deep‚ strong steps‚ so the children behind you know where to go." The student ends his quote by dabbing and receiving cheers from his classmates. As the Hip Hop music transitions the video into
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racializes the importance of men’s hegemonic masculinity. In this paper I will compare and contrast how women are described as sexual‚ disposable trash‚ and men as cowards from the word “bitch.” The concept of "Bitch" is how a person (not necessarily a woman) is thoroughly disliked. In the first song by Too Short the first verse‚ “She won’t complain about shit because‚ she’s my hoe” which he refers to women will not complain. Women will do whatever Too Short tells her. Women belong to him because he owns
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Tupac Shakur Famous rap artist Tupac Shakur was born June 16‚ 1971. He grew up in the west Harlem of New York City. Tupac Shakur began his career as a MC for the hip hop group Digital Underground ‚and then started to begin his solo career as a rap artist . Tupac Shakur’s songs started to become popular when his songs was about the violence in cities‚ racism and many other different problems. Both of his parents and other people in his family were in the Black Panther.Tupac Shakur lived in
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listen to good beats and experience art happening before their own eyes. Herc would be performing and crowds would break out into dancing and spray-painting. Many such as Flash‚ did not understand or respect the correlation spray-painting had to the Hip Hop culture‚ but they were strategically tied to one another. Also‚ according to Flash‚ the dance style called break-dancing was “a way of expressing how the music sounds”. It was also a form of physical competition and displaying a style of dance as
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Given the history and development of hip-hop in the United States‚ I do think this kind of artist-based social movement would be possible in the U.S. I retain this belief because it is my understanding that through the components of hip-hop‚ a social movement could arise as well as through the promotion of black lives. Hip-hop came around during the time of the “War On Drugs”. It was used by black artists to promote their struggles and their problems onto the country and promote the idea that their
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The Script "Breakeven" I’m still alive but I’m barely breathing Just prayed to a God that I don’t believe in ’Cause I got time while she got freedom ’Cause when a heart breaks‚ no‚ it don’t break even Her best days were some of my worst She finally met a man that’s gonna put her first While I’m wide awake she’s no trouble sleeping ’Cause when a heart breaks no it don’t break even... even... no What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you? And what am I supposed
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Ill never get over you getting over you G-F Verse I G C/G I hear you’re taking the town again‚ havin a good time‚ G with all your good time friends. I don’t think that you think of me‚ C/G Bsus-B You’re on your own now and I’m alone and free
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against noncence‚ ima chop u up like mutton cause u done pushed my buttons ima put u on ur death bead enuff sai...d ima be gettin dis bread why u layin there talkin head.See More ok yup get ready this flows to steady for me to spit this heavy so u best hop back in ur broke down chevy before i leave u in the levy im not like meny i keep my head in my hood like kenny u think i dont rap well i have plenty more bars im the dopest native uv seen thus far man u aint even old enough to sit front seet in yo momas
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