What is hip-hop? Many believe hip-hop is synonymous for rap music‚ but it goes beyond that. Hip-hop is a form of art and culture‚ style‚ and language‚ and for many‚ a way of life (Fernando‚ 1994). The graffiti you see on bridges‚ the dances you see in the clubs‚ the hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has‚ the slang you here kids yell at the park‚ this is hip-hop. In the 1980s the subculture at that time was deejaying‚ emceeing‚ graffiti‚ and break dancing. All played
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fans respectively suggests that they will grow in the future. Although the genres are not like by everyone‚ they have loyal fans that will listen for years. On the contrary‚ I believe the genres of rap and hip-hop will not make great contributions to the music industry in 50-100 years. Rap and hip-hop have a strict following by the younger generation. However‚ as that group ages‚ I don’t see as much success with the genre. Many rap artists sing about drugs‚ sex‚ or utter nonsense that is used simply
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stereotypical misrepresentations of African-American women and men in popular culture have influenced societal views of Blacks for centuries. The typical stereotypes about Black women range from the smiling‚ asexual and often obese Mammy to the promiscuous Jezebel who lures men with her sexual charms. However‚ the loud‚ smart mouthed‚ neck-rolling Black welfare mother is the popular image on reality television. The typical stereotype about Black men is the violent‚ misogynistic thug‚ and the ever-enduring
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Don’t Necessarily want to be Black In Bakari Kitwana’s book Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop‚ he share his views on why white kids love hip-hop‚ Kitwana also acknowledges the shifts in hip-hop from an old generations radical views of hip-hop into a new cultural movement were young whites begin emulating blacks as cool due to technology advances that has made Hip-Hop mainstream. Mainstream connects hip hop and popular culture which creates an acceptance for hip-hop and alters the way young
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These last two years of college have been the most influential in my life in terms of being racially aware and contemplating/ attempting to understand social issues regarding racism and white supremacy. I’m currently enrolled in a class called Global Hip Hop and Social Justice that has challenged my understanding of race and racism extensively. I always said that I wasn’t racist‚ because I have no prejudice against people of different ethnicities and believe a persons worth has nothing to do with skin
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rock bands were far from your typical mainstream 1970’s rock. Punk bands typically use short or fast-paced songs‚ with tough and sharp melodies and singing styles‚ simple composition‚ and mostly political‚ anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic. Many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through infomercials. The beginning of New York’s punk scene can be traced back to the late 60’s trash culture and an early 1970’s underground rock movement centered on the Mercer Arts
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Audrey Vertovec May 15‚ 2010 Cultural Analysis Essay Influences of Hip Hop on Today’s Generation: Rising Deviance Hip-hop is a popular form of music in today’s mainstream culture. In its first realm it appeared in forms of jazz as a verse style capturing the absence of melody‚ but has since evolved into a form of capitalizing egoism through criminal references. Therefore‚ deviance within youth in society is rising thanks to hip-hop music and the trends it provokes. Throughout Rap’s
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RESPONSE TO LIVE PERFOMANCE: THE WOMAN IN BLACK INTRODUCTION The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre in cinematic way. The Woman in Black is an entertaining‚ unusually literary ghost drama. It features wonderfully discomfiting sound effects‚ super-serious characters to raise the level of terror‚ and a ghost of dreadful countenance‚ with nothing the least bit friendly about it. The novel was written by Susan Hill‚ she wrote this novel because she was inspired by the
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While Hip-Hop is a relatively new cultural movement that is largely prevalent all over the world now‚ it originates in much earlier Black North American history as far back as the era of enslavement. It is still misunderstood as solely a form of music although it is rather an entire culture consisting of dance‚ "deejaying"‚ and visual art (usually in the form of graffiti) in addition to rap. However‚ in the larger culture of hip-hop‚ rap is the linguistic code that is used in an artistic manner
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Hip Hop culture has uplifted and influence the generation of young americans ‚ giving the people a voice. Hip Hop Nation goes from being a mere method of advertisement to a way to voice your opinions . “African Americans across the country who identified with [rap] were informed by it a medium through which to share national culture. In the process‚ rap artists became the dominant public voice of this generation” (Kitwana 10) “Historically‚ African Americans have shown a strong degree of racial
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