No Church In The Wild Analysis

Rapping and Riots For thousands of years, the struggling citizen has used social unrest to rebel against the status quo. They fight, they loot, and they destroy. They are overcome with anger, and willing to take that anger out on anything and everything. Their anger often comes from inequality, high taxes, poverty, and an overbearing government. However, those in power tend to do whatever possible to keep things the way that they are. The social elite send police or soldiers as a show of strength to keep unruly citizens in check. The clash of those wishing for more power and those trying not to lose any causes violence and destruction. The music video for “No Church in the Wild” by Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream is an attempt to show this clash of power. They simply show a riot. There is no explanation or conclusion. Nothing is solved and no problems are presented. The riot could be any riot. Each viewer can leave the video with different conclusions. This personalizes the experience, allowing the viewer experiences and ideology to influence their thoughts. Who’s side they take, and their thoughts on the cause of the anger likely come from their beliefs on actual rioting. The music video “No Church in the Wild” uses rioting as a representation of young people’s anger the government. In
One candidate gaining support is Bernie Sanders, a long running Independent senator and self-described democratic socialist (Healy, 2015). The thought that a democratic socialist could gain support in America has never even been entertained before. Another is business leader and reality television star Donald Trump. He has never held an elected position and causes controversy every other day (Collinson 2016). Whether either of them win, the message is clear. People are angry with the way things are, and they want