What Are The Similarities Between Rap And Hip-Hop?

Rap and hip-hop are two of the most popular genres of music. Rapping is a form of art, that lets any person express their views of life from whomever or wherever they may be, rich or poor. Their history traces back to the schoolyards and ghetto neighborhoods of the South Bronx, with young children just putting a beat to the stories about their lives and hidden truths of the world. Now, rap and hip-hop top the Billboard charts, and have emerged as two of the most influential cultural forces of our time. Hip hop saves lives as Lupe Fiasco attested in 2007, and if done right, it does. However, rap has unfortunately lost its appreciation and its political voice to apathy and forgetting what rap is really all about, due to all the hatred received by White America, and because people don’t care enough to try and understand the songs of these music genres deeper than the title or hook. But without the loathing that the artists receive, they wouldn’t have as much motivation or creativity to come up with their music.
Though rap and hip-hop are musical genres appreciated by many all across the world, there are many who tend to disparage the music. In an article entitled “Droppin’ Knowledge on Race: Hip-Hop, White Adolescents, and Anti-Racism Education,” the
It may seem self-explanatory, but what I have found from this line is that Jermaine is trying to inform us on how there is no life that can compare to ours, no matter how bad life may seem, there will always be someone out there that has it worse, and that we should appreciate our lives. In the context of the album, this song follows Cole’s self-reflection as he begins to realize that the money and fame didn’t bring him the happiness that he desired. To gain the true happiness he was yearning for, he needed to appreciate himself more than those that love