By Ronald Roach As a cultural movement‚ hip-hop manages to get billed as both a positive and negative influence on young people‚ especially on Black and Latino youth. On one hand‚ there are African American activists‚ artists and entrepreneurs‚ such as Russell Simmons‚ who seek to build a progressive political movement among young hip-hop fans and who have had modest success with voter registration efforts. On the other hand‚ there’s no shortage of critics who denounce the negative portrayals
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Some believe that the Hip Hop industry manipulates the young minds of our new generation against women‚ do you? Back when Hip-Hop began‚ it was originally meant to send a message of unity. Doug E Fresh quoted "Hip-Hop is supposed to uplift and create‚ to educate people on a larger level and to make a change." Old-School Hip-Hop was about storytelling and poetry as well‚ where you’re from and telling your story in a good manner. Unfortunately Hip-Hop will never be the same as it was in the 90’s
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Hip Hop is a subcultural movement that was formed during the early 1970s by African-American‚ Caribbean‚ and Latino youths residing in the South Bronx in New York City. It became popular outside of the African-American community in the late 1980s and by the 2000s became the most listened-to musical genre in the world. The movement was created so that kids can come out‚ have fun‚ and bring out all their different cultures and turn them into music. The Bronx had a lot of mixed immigrants from all over
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Hip-Hop Over the course of history music has been a center piece in every culture. Every genre of music can be linked to a specific culture or demographic group. Within that link one can look at music beyond the sound of it. Music can be seen as an emotion‚ an inspiration‚ and a tool for communication. Within the last 50 years music has become a great unifier of diverse populations (www.csupomona.edu). This is evident in the songs that are written by music artist and groups. Their songs
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certain way is because of the music they listen to these days. The music that these urban kids are listening to is primarily Hip Hop which is if you don’t know is a genre of music that is characterized by a performer speaking rhythmically‚ or rapping‚ over a backing track that often but not always consists of loops or samples of other music woven together (www.globalpost.com). Hip Hop gets a very bad reputation because of the explicit lyrics that talk about gang violence‚ sex‚ drug and alcohol use‚ and
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Many believe that hip hop is the birth of jazz. Professor Sanchez states that hip hop closely relates to jazz by following a three-step process of experience oriented poetry‚ “(1) Acknowledging the burden; (2) bearing witness; (3) Finding redemption” (Sanchez 5). A notorious hip-hop song from the 1980’s which incorporates the three-step process associated with jazz is “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash. The song “The Message” speaks of the burdens of living in a crime ridden urban America‚ the numerous
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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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Michael Hinden English 101 Honors Hip-Hop: Dead or Alive Since the invention of the internet and P2P (peer 2 peer) downloading all genres of music have become victims of free music downloads and suffered in record sales. However‚ why has hip-hop music seemingly taken an extra hit? According to Billboard Magazine‚ “since 2000‚ rap sales dropped 44%‚and declined to 10% of all music sales‚ which‚ while still a commanding figure when compared to other genres‚ is a significant drop from the 13% of
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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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In the essay ”Hip-Hop wars”‚ Tricia Rose focuses on the debate in hip-hop about sexism and discrimination. Sexism in hip-hop can be divided into two groups. People in the first group use hip-hop’s sexism as a way to strengthen the image that black people are strange and subordinate‚ and facilitate anti-feminist situations. People in the other group are liberals who like hip-hop‚ they concern about sexism because hip-hop heavily relies on it. The images that degradation of black women is strongly
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