1. It is hard to say whether Japanese Hip-Hop is “real” or not. In Japan‚ there are famous rap artists out there‚ like DJ MURO and SIMON. In fact‚ they are so popular in Japan‚ that they are even making a break in America. For instance‚ SIMON was even recognized by the popular American rapper 50 Cent. Hip-Hop’s beginnings in America originally told stories of struggle and survival with African-Americans growing up in the slums and ghettos of crowded cities‚ varying from the East Coast to the West
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In 2005‚ the Ying Yang Twins released “one of the greatest rap songs about sex”‚ titled “Wait (The Whisper Song)”. This song hit “No. 3 on Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop singles chart‚ is up for best rap performance by a duo or a group” (Ollison 2006); however‚ was unabashedly misogynistic. This song received incredible praise for its brilliant use of “sexy whispering”. This song apparently needs special recognition for being “simultaneously ratchet and romantic. The words might be foul‚ but the Twins’
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The crisis facing young blacks‚ also referred to as the “hip hop generation‚” is one that is multifaceted and contains various layers. Young Blacks today are being faced with a number of challenges within their community and within society as a whole. These challenges include‚ rising unemployment‚ racial profiling‚ high levels of incarceration‚ the AIDS epidemic‚ an increasing generation gap‚ as well as a growing education achievement gap. When coupling these many challenges with the glorification
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that helped guide black people. The hip hop group consists of rappers Chuck D‚ Flavor Flav‚ Professor Griff‚ Khari Wynn‚ DJ Lord‚ and the S1W group‚ while Sister Souljah and Terminator X are past members. They are responsible for many songs that were embraced by African Americans in the harsh times they were experiencing. Public Enemy gave a voice to black America by speaking the truth‚ promoted the welfare of blacks‚ and created a new type of music in hip hop. When the group had broken into mainstream
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Sociology 241 Course Paper Question #1: Using Hagedorn’s analysis of the Hamburgs‚ and the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago‚ and the Crips and Bloods video’s analysis of gangs in LA‚ discuss how Hagedorn’s concept of demoralization‚ and Cornell West’s concept of nihilism‚ have an objective basis in the historical structure of Chicago’s and LA’s racism. In John M. Hagedorn’s book A World of Gangs he states‚ “An increasingly frustrated and demoralized population will reluctantly turn to
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commercialized and diluted‚ lacking substance and morality. This is important because this change in pace has impacted society in its entirety. Consequently‚ it appears as though people no longer care to take time to digest knowledge associated with true hip hop‚ devolving the genre on a mainstream scale. This has left current
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books and the fashion industry is staying alive by following this trend. With the de-regulation of multiple government policies on industries‚ a failing economy‚ record setting recession and the booming crack-cocaine sales on the streets with Hip-Hop music employing all the facets of larger than life model of life styles‚ fashion sense became more of a headline than the issues that plagued the ’80s era. People simply wanted to live outside of what their day to day experience was. It was an era where
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himself. This is why Jay-Z now finds himself as one of the richest celebrities in the world with an estimated net worth of over $450 million according to Forbes.com. Carter used his street smarts‚ ambition and his desire for success to branch off his Hip Hop career and become an ingenious entrepreneur in a world where nothing is a given. Jay-Z was born and raised in the rough and gritty Marcy Projects of Brooklyn‚ New York. He was the last of four children and the only one not to give his mom pain
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Even though Hip Hop has been with us since the 70s‚ the debate still prolongs about which rapper icon is better‚ Tupac or Biggie. It started as a movement that regrouped four main elements; DJing‚ MCing‚ Graffiti art and break dancing. Those four elements‚ which are completely different all have the same aspects and small details that‚ give to us what we know as Hip Hop. On the other hand‚ MCing‚ which is basically rapping‚ is also formed of five different styles of rap. The unimaginable success
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Protest Song”‚ Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time‚ hiphop was seen as a new form of political music‚ and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s‚ writers wrote music lyrics base on political issue; however‚ recently‚ they
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