College Writing I Sec. 39 15 March 2010 Stereotypes of Women in the Hip-Hop Culture Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were no stereotyping in America. Stereotyping has been around for quite a long time and women in particular have been stereotyped for numerous reasons. There are various things in society today that put women down for the things they do. Hip hop music and their music videos have been around since the 1980’s and continues to be very popular among young people
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Becca Pitts Mrs. Allen Contemporary Literature 22 January 2014 Consequences for Bullying There should be higher consequences for someone who bullies. Bullying kills kids and teens. Youths today do not realize that words do hurt. It is not just words that hurt‚ actions hurt to. Bullying is not just face to face. Cyberbullying has a big impact on bullying too‚ not just face to face. It happens on any online site. Most online sites that bullying occurs on is MySpace‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Instagram
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In the hip hop video ‘Wet’ by Snoop Dogg‚ women are shown dancing together wearing little more than a bikini. The woman are usually shown either dancing sexually together or grinding against something‚ trying their best to either get the males attention or to please them. The video shows that women are not being valued for anything other than their appearance/actions. They get judged on what they’re doing rather than what their personality is. Woman in hip hop videos are portrayed as sex objects
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Does Rap Influence Teenage Violence? Music is said to be the backbone of life‚ it soothes emotions and help us cope with hardship and heartaches and youths in America are considered part of the rap culture. One genre of music some people disagree on is rap music‚ yes those people might listen to rap but would prefer R&B. Rap music has a major effect on the violence that teens involve themselves in today. The term rap in itself means some form of violence‚ if you look at the synonyms that pertain
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Timbaland quickly made a name for himself in the late-’90s hip-hop game as not only an inventive producer with an eccentric sense of beat construction but also as one of the most commercially proven producers. This unlikely synthesis of eccentricity and commerciality made him a hot commodity by the end of the ’90s as America’s top MCs -- Nas‚ Snoop Dogg‚ Jay-Z -- paid big money for an opportunity to work with him on the occasional track or two. Though his aesthetic was undoubtedly unique‚ it did
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culture that countered the white community. While the traditional white community put value in being clean-cut‚ stiff‚ and minimal‚ the black community was more vocal‚ more motley‚ and livelier. In Thomas F. DeFrantz’s “The Black Beat Made Visible: Hip Hop and Body Power”‚ he discusses how these differences begin to effect the performance of black art‚ and specifically black dances. DeFrantz discusses how these differences in culture commanded attention from the white community both positively from
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Blues and Conscious Hip Hop Connection Conscious Hip-hop is the modern form of the blues. Both genres of music express the hardships of the African American people in their respective time periods or explain the culture surrounding the artist and/or their community. Through their lyrics‚ the artists from the two genres are able to spread the culture and experiences of the black race. Elements of the blues are rooted in African culture. The blues is one of the most influential styles
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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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Hip-Hop Music and Its Negative Impact on African American Women Irma Royster Sociology 370-01 Professor Woods 4 March‚ 2011 ABSTRACT In the world of hip-hop music‚ the message for young women is that in order to be considered beautiful‚ you have to take your clothes off or allow yourself to be demeaned and degraded by the rappers/hip-hop artist in the entertainment field. People outside the African American community see these portrayals of
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Hip-hop was born in the South Bronx during a time where people of color were overwhelmed by poverty‚ poor living conditions‚ substance abuse‚ and gang violence. Black leaders of these communities acknowledged the consequences of these destructive conditions and the detrimental effect they would have on the African-American community. These individuals knew that in order for Black youths to survive‚ they needed to be provided with an alternative future to explore. The solution to this issue was to
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