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    Black Women vs Hip-Hop

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    “Black Women VS Hip-Hop” Crystal Smith once wrote that “Images of black women in hip-hop culture make it more likely for them to be viewed as targets to be defaced and abused.” This statement is confirmed true there are many African American women in the hip-hop culture that are disrespected or abused in some type of way during the making of a video or even the lyrics of a song. There are many ways African American women of the hip-hop culture are being abused and disrespected. Some video women

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    Hip Hop Research Paper

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    Citation‚ Sampling‚ and the Development of Academia and Hip-Hop How does sharing benefit society? The sharing of ideas is what allows a culture’s collective body of knowledge to continue expanding‚ and all creators benefit from this expansion. Academics constantly analyze and borrow from each other’s works as they develop new theses and perform new research‚ and the world of hip-hop is no different from the world of academia in this sense. In hip-hop‚ sharing takes the form of sampling – artists sharing

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    Christian Hip-hop VS Secular Hip-hop Donald Payne COM/170 6/12/12 Faith lbarra Christian Hip-hop VS Secular Hip-hop Hip-hop is a form of popular music that’s comprised mainly of emceeing and deejaying. As hip-hop continues to evolve into a successful enterprise‚ it has emerged into trends‚ such as clothing styles‚ improper dialogue known as slang‚ and an overall general mindset. While the secular industry of hip-hop promotes sex‚ drugs‚ and violence‚ to name a few; the Christian objective

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    THE HIP HOP WARS: Hip Hop Demeans Women ““I said ‘Bitch‚ why you such a stupid hoe?’ You lil’ bitch‚ you never could fuck with this. And every bitch that don’t like it‚ she can suck my dick.” These lyrics were taken from the song “Call her a bitch” by the rapper Too Short. With song lyrics like this one‚ it is very difficult for people both biased and unbiased to hip hop to even try to defend it. Although it is not the only music genre to have lines objectifying women‚ it is once again‚ as with

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    Essay On Women In Hip Hop

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    The Hip Hop industry has presented women in several ways‚ both derogatory and powerful. Women have been hyper sexualized through their roles in the counterparts’ music. The misogyny and oppression of woman was repeated throughout music but in the process giving woman the boost to come out as their own acts in the subculture. Female rappers such as Queen Latifah‚ MC Lyte‚ Lil’ Kim‚ Salt N Pepa‚ and Missy Elliot were some very popular artists ranging from the 80s-90s empowering woman and freely expressing

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    Hip Hop Dance History

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    entertainment whether it’s choreography or free style. Hip hop dance has a short history since most of other type of dances like ballroom‚ ballet‚ jazz‚ and modern started in the early 1900s. Hip hop dancing began in New York City during the late 1960s and early 70s. During this time‚ people without professional dance training brought dancing to the streets because they enjoyed it. Hip hop dance was meant for people and not for the academy since hip hop moves were inspired by complex rhythms and the

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    Effects of Hip Hop Music

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    TOPIC: Effects of hip hop music on Daystar university students THESIS: Hip hop music has a negative effect on Daystar University students THESIS STATEMENT: Although a source of revenue‚ form of political and social awareness and a form of breaking down cultural barriers‚ hip hop Music has negative effects on Daystar University students such as‚ it affects their language‚ men’s world view towards women‚ and the student’s world view towards luxury‚ money and drugs / drug abuse and it also affects

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    Hip Hop Term Paper

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    Since the inception of hip-hop‚ the sound and the feeling of hip-hop has transformed into a whole new sound. Hip-Hop has changed drastically. The feeling and sound of hip-hop has stretched to a whole different sound which makes us question‚ is this hip-hop? Hip Hop evolved in the 1970’s‚ credited to African Bambatta. In the Bronx it was the mainstream to see everyone gathered at the block parties to see all the DJ’s. From that one block party‚ there was more and more giving those DJ’s their name

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    Hip-hop is the latest expressive manifestation of the past and current experience as well as the collective consciousness of African-American and Latino-American youth. But more than any music of the past‚ it also expresses mainstream American ideas that have now been internalized and embedded into the psyches of American people of color over time. A part of the learned mainstream American culture is sexism and misogyny. Hip-hop culture is frequently condemned for its misogynistic exploitation

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    Hip Hop Research Paper

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    HIP-HOP: STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM AND NOW WE ARE HERE Rasheeda Brown AP English 12 In order for one to understand the genre Hip-hop‚ one must know the origination‚ the changes over the years‚ and the impact hip-hop has on today’s society. Hip-hop has been around for more than a few decades and it has been considered to be one of the most controversial subjects for quite some time. Some people say hip hop encourages hate and violence‚ others say it encourages self believe and tackle social and

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