occasions where we find that Thomas uses code-switching. Despite the fact code-switching is complex to perform‚ people usually implement it naturally without intent. While Thomas was around people who used the hip-hop culture to promote violence‚ he is critically thinking about the dilemma that hip-hop culture could lead. However‚ code-switching was confusing Thomas about his real identity. On the other hand‚ Thomas’s father is trying to help him to regain control of his own identity.
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The article "Hip Hop Therapy" by Edgar H. Tyson explains the results of a study in which researchers explore a form of therapy for troubled teens that uses rap music’s lyrics. Although in the past these experiments including rap music and troubled youth have focused on the negative effects‚ this study utilizes a combination of previously effective therapeutic theories to affect them positively. It makes sense that these researchers are trying and tap into this rarely used genre‚ since it is such
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Over the past four decades‚ Hip Hop has evolved as a culture and art influencing the youths’ culture all over the world. Many youths in different parts of the world claim that Hip Hop reflects their economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ and political aspects of their lives because it communicates to them in a manner they understand. Therefore‚ it has cogent messages for many youths worldwide. “Hip Hop cannot be dismissed as a youth obsession or movement that will fade with time. Instead it should be considered
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More than a hundred years before the Hip Hop music raised in the USA‚ in Africa there were people that told stories rhyming only with the rhythm of drums‚ this kind of music indeed arrived to the new continent and it mixed with other rhythms; that was how the Hip Hop or Rap was born. For instance‚ the first Rap song was “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang‚ hearing this music is like hearing rhymes over a disco song notably being inspired in the hits from the beginning of the 80s. They were the
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Miller 1 Is Hip Hop and Gangsta Rap Negatively Affecting Today’s Youth? Rap music has been around since the 1970’s. People have questioned why it has only recently gotten such bad publicity. Denise Herd did a study on rap and hip hop music to determine if the lyrics in rap music have increasingly gotten worse in promoting sexism and violence. In her study she “examined 130 platinum (rap) albums with 430 songs released from 1992 to 2002 using Anderson’s conceptualization of ‘the street code’ and
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exposed to many different genres of music. Hip-hop‚ which is classified as a subculture that originated from an African American community in the 1970’s‚ has always been intriguing to me and is a huge part of who I am. There are four elements of Hip-Hop; rapping‚ DJing‚ break-dancing‚ and graffiti. I will be focusing on the music aspect of Hip-Hop and the large impact religion has on some of these artists that perform Hip-Hop music. Over the years‚ Hip-Hop music has gained a bad reputation. Many
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Compared to the original form of Hip-Hop it became well known and recognised for the positive some-times being afro centric and realistic lyrics that often had some depth of meaning into what was currently going on in the “people’s lives”. East Coast Hip-Hop combined various genres of music and sounds one of the largest example’s being Jamaican dancehall toasting where DJ’s played the rhythm and
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Like so many things that have achieved massive success in the United States and around the world‚ hip hop has had to endure its fair share of obstacles. Hip hop is an art form that is inherently postmodern‚ progressive‚ and urban‚ and one that includes modes like street graffiti‚ breakdancing‚ and rapping – all which have had some degree of difficulty finding respect in a country trying desperately to hold onto the past. When Jazz came to the American scene in the early twentieth century‚ it too
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Hip-Hop Over the course of history music has been a center piece in every culture. Every genre of music can be linked to a specific culture or demographic group. Within that link one can look at music beyond the sound of it. Music can be seen as an emotion‚ an inspiration‚ and a tool for communication. Within the last 50 years music has become a great unifier of diverse populations (www.csupomona.edu). This is evident in the songs that are written by music artist and groups. Their songs
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Rebel Women vs. Yankee Women Many stories have been told about the Civil War; there is the story of Gettysburg‚ Stonewall Jackson’s death‚ Robert E. Lee leading his solders‚ and many more. However‚ we only hear the smallest amount of information about what the wives of these soldiers are doing. It would be interesting to dig deep into the details of the support army general wives gave‚ what the government expected from women of both sides of the war‚ and the main differences of lifestyle back on
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