Many artists who grew up in the drug trade during the 1980s would become labeled as veterans because it was the sole option they had to strive economically. And through this time period, hip hop will alter to a medium in response to a life of drug dealing, police brutality, violence, and incarceration. The effects of this period will lead to the mass incarcerations of African Americans and the lives of people being ruined, which will be further explored. By the middle of the 1990s, the United States Incarceration rate surpassed the rest of the world, damaging a large portion of the African American community.
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In your essay you mentioned “Its structure is unique, complex, and at times bewilding whatever music it eats becomes part of its vocabulary, and as the commercial world falls into the place behind it to gobble up the powerful slop in its own wake, it methphorses into the the Next Big Thing.” (paragraph 8) . In my perspective this means Hip Hop is sending the same message like other geners, but instead they are using different lyrics in order to attract a larger croud and make it to the top charts. In my opinion vocabuarly that are at time used in Hip Hop can affect others but it can also help others. The reason I say this is because people at time add cursing to their daily vocabuarly instead of using other words.
Throughout the past few decades, rap music has grown in popularity and become a powerful force for social change. The impact of rap music on political discourse, the expansion of social consciousness, and social activism It will be shown how this musical style has had a significant and long-lasting impact on societal transformation by examining the messages and lyrics of rap music. Rap music has had a tremendous influence on shifting cultural norms, particularly in the last few decades. Y Madanikia and K Bartholomew (2014) suggest that rap music is a prominent agent of change, as it can challenge traditional values and ideas, while simultaneously constructing and disseminating new cultural norms.
“Gangsta Rap and American Culture” is an enlightening essay written by Michael Eric Dickerson, where he counters the claims made by political activist, Senators, and other Congressmen to censor “Gangsta Rap”. Dickerson made a highly effective, fair, and accurate argument by bringing to light several reasons on how “Gangsta Rap” could possibly represent the voice of the outspoken and oppressed people of the black community; As well as larger underlying issues plaguing society that need to be focused on before we condemn rappers and their music. Dickerson’s background and current position as a professor and minister, along with his open-minded view on the allegations paved the way for a superb rebuttal to censorship of “Gangsta Rap.” First
Misogyny is a prevalent characteristic of rap music. Women are described in a derogatory manner, being called “bitches”, “thots”, “hoes”, or “whores”. Lyrics sexualize the female body and normalize the objectification of women. This can lead to negative stereotypes towards women. Male rappers often emanate hyper masculine demeanors which manifests the idea that they have the ability to disrespect women.
sharpest young critics, believes that male rapper uses violence as a symbol to express macho power, as a way to resolve all the disagreements between blacks and as necessary for individual protection. Due its popularity, hip hop exacerbates the criminal image of black men in a criminal justice system that has an overpopulation of black men in the prison system. Sorrowfully, many believe that this is the direct product of overly increasing black male criminality as opposed of blaming the social structure. With the enormous success of hip hop what started as pure art and a mechanism to bring awareness of what was going on in the black community, has transformed in a lucrative business. The negative aspect of this is that since big corporations control the music’s distribution channels, in many cases the rap artist is forced to produce the type of music that according to the owner is marketable.
When looking at the culture of hip hop, one must delve into the history of the South Bronx and the notorious gang wars that emerged from the suffering wasteland. In the early 70s, gang violence ruled the streets of the South Bronx. With tensions high due to the lack of help from the government, violence was a common release of pent up frustration and anger. Death encircled the area, but in a way it brought upon a necessary change. With the death of a member from the Ghetto Brothers, a crew who spoke against violence and urged the people to join forces, gangs such as Savage Skulls, and other highly organized, Latino and black gangs nearly went to war with each other in 1971.
In her essay “hip hop’s betrayal of black women,” Jennifer McLune implies that “(h)ip-hop owes its success to the ideology of women-hating” (193). She does not agree with Kevin Powell’s article that hip-hop does not mean to “offend” black women, but instead artists are only letting out their temper throughout their music. McLune feels infuriated that many artists in hip hop (including black men) rap about their community and downgrade their own women. In the hip-hop genre, sexism is mainly used, not only by black men but also by many other race hip-hop artists. Artists assume that women-hating in their rap songs will be accepted by women, but do not realize that it is affecting all women.
Julio Gomez Mr.Kingsland ELA 11 Feb/21/2018 Per 6 Essay planet In these essay hip-hop planet, McBride describes how hip-hop influences the culture of the people of the world. In the chapter full circle, McBride argues that hip-hop represents a deeper meaning which also represents everyone in the world the struggle of life. Finally, In the chapter, the crossover McBride argues that the mean of hip-hop has changed through the generation. What I mean by these three central ideas that McBride wrote in his essay is the change, the influence, and finally the meaning of hip-hop.
Hip Hop is seen as something inspiring, but most people see it as a way to speak out the truth about a problem. As in “Hip Hop planet” being able say the truth can sometimes worsen any situation because sometimes what we say can promote violence and whatever happens after is not in our control. The essay is about how hip hop has changed into speaking out the issues that need to be taken care of in order to maintain a proper society. McBride talked about how rappers use violent lyrics to degrade women and gays and because of this it shows how the music has evolved into something entirely different that no one would have ever expected to have changed. In James McBride's essay “Hip Hop Planet,” he argues that hip hop has a negative influence on American Culture despite people thinking of it as inspirational and how people live through different experiences in life despite of your race.
Hip-hop encourages and glorifies violence, high class living without working to get there, and promiscuity. Hip-hop culture isn’t considered scholarly because it drives people to attain a lifestyle of laziness, not working to attain goals, and demeaning the value of schoolwork. At this time hip-hop is viewed in a negative connotation while other genre of music, like jazz, are seen in a positive
In a society that is becoming increasingly connected through the internet and social media, the effect of music on society has been exponentially amplified. Artists have the ability to connect and share thoughts with listeners more directly and rapidly than ever before, and the result of more direct communication is a more powerful influence over culture. In times of struggle and strife, many people look to the words and lyrics of musicians and artists to help make sense of tragedies surrounding them. Areas of the country that are particularly prone to poverty, gang activity, and violence, often look for role models who made it out of that very situation and became successful. The members of Black Hippy, a rap group originating from Los Angeles,
Lately, many prominent rappers have been bringing up a serious problem in this country that has so far gone unaddressed, and that happens to be mental health. In the USA, especially among the black population, mental illness is growing at an increasing rate, and politicians have done little to remedy the situation. However, with rap being the most popular genre of music and with artists such as Kanye West and Logic mentioning suicide in their songs, this could be what leads to reforms in the mental healthcare system. With hip-hop easily being the hottest genre in music right now, many rappers are not only expressing their personal struggles, but they are also giving others a voice who otherwise would not have any way to communicate their struggles. Another artist, Lil Uzi Vert, also contemplated suicide because he was depressed about a failing relationship.
Hip hop and rap music have always been a magnet for controversy, both within the music and the actions of hip hop artists themselves. Although there is a wide variety of hip hop and rap music, it is important to note that despite this, the messages used have been identified as homogenous. Hip hop has also been a medium for messages, such as cultural, political, and social. This essay will focus on the scope of hip hop from its roots, cultural significance, reproduction of gender and racial constructs, misogynistic themes towards women and African American women in particular, claiming of power within academic literature in two songs, ‘Famous’ by Kanye West and ‘Back Home’ by Zeds Dead and Freddie Gibbs.
