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    Rap and hip hop historically served as a vehicle to recognize and empathize marginalized voices. Conveying a sense of dissatisfaction with personal‚ communal‚ and global conditions‚ rap music becomes a mode of edutainment and a calling for social change. However‚ the grating deliverances of rap songs can ironically alleviate the anger of the community simply through representation and shared narratives. Filipina American rapper and producer Ruby Ibarra continues to rise in fame and engages in this

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    Effects of Hip-hop Throughout Generations Hip-hop is a genre that has greatly influenced generations and has been used to inspire‚ motivate‚ and promote. Although the first thought of hip-hop is hip-hop music‚ it has involved into a sense of hip-hop culture. There are different categories of hip-hop such as music‚ dancing‚ style‚ and art. These days‚ hip-hop is expressed in many different ways. Because of its popularity‚ hip-hop can be used

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    Thomas Runyan Comparison Paragraph Dr. Andrews Mar 22‚ 2011 Hip Hop and its Rap Culture counterpart comparison It was 1977‚ and the Summer of Sam was in full swing in New York. But in the neighborhoods and housing projects of the “boogie down” Bronx New York‚ a new art form was developing called Hip Hop. This new art form would change America and transcend a generation forever with its influences on fashion‚ music‚ and lifestyle. Hip Hop is an urban lifestyle that consists of different subgenres

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    Inside Out Hip-hop WORKSHEET A Jo For many people hip-hop is synonymous with rap music‚ but I’d say it refers to a whole subculture that emerged with rap in the United States – especially New York – in the late 1970s and has since become truly international. Rapping (or ‘MCing’) and DJing are the two main components of hip-hop music. Maybe you could describe rap as a form of expression that is somewhere between speech‚ poetry and song. Other parts of hip-hop culture are specific styles of dancing

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    The Role of Hip Hop Culture in the Society Hip Hop is one of the fasted growing cultures around the world‚ especially in the U.S. It is a popular culture among the youths from mainly African American and Latino communities living in the U.S. The hip hop culture did arise from the music genre known as hip hop. Hip hop music is said to have originated in New York and spread to other parts of the U.S territory. It started in the black community and has become an important cultural aspect of the black

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    Picture seeing a ballerina standing right next to a hip hop freestyler. Both look like different species of an animal‚ and have completely contrasting aspirations. However‚ although it is thought ballet and hip hop could never use the same elements‚ ballet and hip hop have several similarities. Similarities include music‚ movement‚ and strength. These similarities however‚ all include differences. First‚ ballet and hip hop are similar and different in music. The dance styles are similar in music

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    Hip/Hop Versus R&B

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    Hip-Hop versus R&B Rhythm and blues was considered strictly black music. The black culture is a phenomenal subject representing the life style‚ imagination and accomplishments of people. One of the most outstanding and unique characteristic that makes this culture one of a kind is the music I has produced. Music has a common characteristic that is unique to all cultures throughout the world. Today‚ I want to focus on the comparing of two music styles Hip-Hop versus R&B and the

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    Michelle Godinho Anthropology 3 MW May 21‚ 2012 Underground Hip-Hop Introduction: After participating in an event known as “Paid Dues” (a music festival where artists whose music genre which is underground hip-hop)‚ I will study through an Anthropological perspective‚ the subculture of underground hip-hop in the USA. Underground Hip-hop is a broad term for rappers and artists who avoid the mainstream. Hip-Hop as a music arose in the late 1970’s‚ exclusively from black culture‚ which came from

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    How does Hip Hop Cause Violence? “They say I’m all about murder murder and kill kill‚ But what about Grindhouse and Kill Bill? What about Cheney and Halliburton? The back door deals on oil fields? How is Nas the most violent person?” – Nas The first chapter of Tricia’s Rose The Hip Hop Wars debates about the issues of violence in the urban America and its association with hip hop. Rose explain that there are five central elements that are the underlying factors of the destruction of minority communities

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    Hip Hop Vs Cuban Rap

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    Hip-hop is a genre of music that emphasizes lyrical skills over instrumentation. The style developed as an American subculture and gained worldwide popularity. In the 1980s and 1990s‚ many Cuban youths developed a taste for hip-hop‚ which prompted them to make extra efforts to access the music. At the time‚ the US restricted its interaction with Cuba; hence‚ the Cuban youth had limited access to American radio and television programs. The difficulty in accessing popular music encouraged the Cuban

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