Gang. Skeleton draft. The hip hop subculture is a way of life tethered to and popularized by the widespread practice of rap music. It originates from the African American community. It is expressed through flashy modes of dressing‚ graffiti art forms‚ break dancing‚ and slang. However‚ with the passage of time‚ the culture has traversed racial and cultural lines and has become one of the most practiced genres of music throughout the world‚ with an equally daunting culture to match. Due to its African
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The Influence of Hip-Hop on Young adults Hip-hop is a new type of music that has been gradually increasing in popularity in the past three decades And like other music it can be very influential‚ and hip-hop has been anything but short on that. From sculpting the way modern day youth speak and introducing words that are used in everyday talk nowadays to how the youth may even dress or act. But are these influences on our youth positive or negative? There are critics that argue that people who listen
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and Negatives of Hip-Hop In Geoffrey Bennett’s essay titled‚ “Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment‚” he speaks about the positive and negative effects that hip-hop has on the Black Community. Bennett goes all the way to the beginning of hip-hop‚ which he says took place in the early 1980s with rappers such as Run DMC‚ Public Enemy‚ Sugar Hill Gang and many others. The author then speaks about how hip-hop grew not only in the young black African American culture but also in the
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With the help of technology hip-hop has become a global movement. This newfound globalization has connected different people by one love of the hip-hop culture. Some ways in which people connect through hip-hop include international organizations and competitions. A prime example is Hip Hop International (HHI)‚ the creators of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. HHI puts on a world competition each year for dance crews to compete for a world title in Las Vegas. While it is a competition‚ it is also
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“Divorced from skin color‚ sound quality‚ scene or history‚ Hip-Hop (and therefore its more prolific offspring‚ rap) and punk share every important defining factor: heavy bassline‚ repetitive and melodically simple or devoid vocals focused on internal rhyme‚ minimalistic instrumental hooks‚ and lyrics about nihilism‚ social concern‚ poverty and oppression”(Ross Hsu). Hsu asserts that despite the fact that Hip-Hop and punk have different cultural and historical backgrounds‚ they are similar because
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Introduction: Hip Hop in History: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Author(s): Derrick P. Alridge and James B. Stewart Source: The Journal of African American History‚ Vol. 90‚ No. 3‚ The History of Hip Hop (Summer‚ 2005)‚ pp. 190-195 Published by: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20063997 Accessed: 27/10/2009 14:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at
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reference to hip-hop. I: Introduction Increasingly over the past twenty years‚ hip-hop has transformed from “marginalised to mainstream” (Motley & Henderson‚ 2008‚ p.243) as more and more of the world’s youth follow the genre. With these growing numbers all over the world there is simultaneously growing concern that hip-hop is increasingly homogenised as artists adopt the genre. This essay will address both the homogenous and hybrid aspects of hip-hop‚ arguing that true hip-hop must contain
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The Evolution of Hip-Hop and Transformation of Rap Music Hip-hop‚ not to be confused with the musical genre‚ is a form of musical demonstration and artistic culture that has remained popular since its emergence in the 1970s. It can be categorized as a cultural movement that includes four primary elements: Disk jockeying (DJing)‚ rapping (emceeing)‚ break dancing‚ and graffiti art. It gave birth to a new musical genre known as “rap‚” a rhythmic style in which lyrics are spoken or chanted. Over the
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Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the social unrest of the poor and the need
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The Hip Hop Defense Everyone has an opinion about the influence of hip--hop music on our nations youth. Many people‚ such as politicians and the ultra conservative‚ feel the influence is destructive and incites violent behavior. Some people‚ for instance the media‚ believe hip- hop glamorizes inappropriate behaviors and actions while promoting the demoralization of women in general‚ but more specifically black women. Few people are willing to speak out and defend hip-hop music as communicative
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