The hip hop culture started back more than a few decades ago, in the late 1960’s. It was used to express a rapper’s life through poetic lyrics. It was most popular in African American and Latino communities. It was a way for them to get away from their life problems and just enjoy life. “Rap music is very influential and can have positive or negative effects, according to some experts.” (Killion) ““To say there is no influence and no effect is naïve,” said Murray Forman, professor of media studies at Northeastern University in Boston.” (Killion) ““It is a known fact that hip-hop has taken over, in a sense, the mainstream youth culture,” said Emmett Price, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, who teaches hip-hop culture.
Away from the studios; Wayne was living a dangerous street lifestyle. He sold crack and also accidentally shot himself in the chest. Lil Wayne was also a part of male rap group by the name of the hot boys all from New Orleans, La. The hot boys consist of Lil Wayne, B.G., Juvenile, and Turk. As part of the Hot Boys, Lil Wayne got his first taste of success, when the Hot Boys
However, the most important lesson that hip-hop taught me was to be thankful for what I have. When I listened to songs about people in the ghetto struggling to stay alive or living on the streets, I realized how good I had it as a kid. I began to have a new appreciation and view on life. Without my ability to learn about American culture and to listen to the music that comes from it, I would not be the person who I am
My little brother who is 8 years younger than me was into playing every kind of gangster rap he could listen to and it drove me crazy. It is not to say that I did not like some of the artist like Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, Ice Tea, and Ice Cube just to name a few of the artist that’s music did not bother me the most even though sometimes that could be course with their words. Here are some of the Difference In "Rap" And "Hip Hop"? “"Rap music" and "hip hop culture" are roughly synonymous in the minds of many Americans, though there are differences. Hip hop was originally a combination of rap, DJing, breakdancing and "tagging", which was the hip hop name for producing graffiti.
It’s called Rock ‘n’ Roll and it had parents, teachers, and politicians worried for the youth of America. Rock ‘n’ Roll was the first of its kind in that the vocals were not always the center of discourse, but the body language of the performers and the beat of the music moved the audience a lot of times…Rock and Roll was elemental, savage, dripping with sex; it was just as our parents feared” (8). The reason for the fear: Rock ‘n’ Roll evolved from recordings by African-American artists known
As I researched on what Hip Hop is, I found out that it isn’t just a music genre, but a massive culture that originated within the Bronx during the 1970s. Hip Hop was established to stop gang violence on the foundations of expression, peace, love, unity, and having fun with the addition of having four elements: Graffiti art, DJ-ing, breakdancing, and rapping. These four elements, together, acted as positive pastimes to keep kids from becoming involved with gangs by organizing artistic “battles” on who’s the better person. These Hip Hop battles take place in organized events, promoting a positive and peaceful way to resolve conflict, while also providing a safe, friendly community for urban youth. This surprises me because I never would’ve thought that Hip Hop is a culture, especially the fact that it started out as a peaceful youth community.
Joey Bada$$ 25th November 2014 I went to see Joey Bada$$, supported by fellow Pro Era artist Kirk Knight at Shepherd's Bush on the 25th of November 2014. Jo-Vaughn Scott, who goes by Joey Bada$$, was born in the East Flatbush section of Flatbush, New York on January 20, 1995. He chose to rap under the name Joey Bada$$ as he noticed the media focused on rappers with more cynical names, and that it was "what sounded cool at the time, what fit [his] mood" (Isenberg, 2012). He formed the hip-hop collective Progressive Era more commonly known as Pro Era with high school classmates Capital Steez, CJ Fly and Powers Pleasant. They have now expanded with more than 20 members including graphic designers, producers, singers and rappers.
Now hip artist, their music and their clothing lines are known world wide. This notoriety has helped to pump millions of dollars into the economy. Research has shown that Hip Hop has a major impact on the economy. Many major corporations who once shunned the idea of hip hop as a mainstream music genre have now jumped on the band wagon and have embraced the idea of using hip hop artists and their music in their advertisements as a way to draw in money from those loyal followers. Hip Hop music and its culture has crossed cultural, racial, geographical, and religious lines around the world.
As this phenomena evolved the party shouts became more elaborate, d jays began to incorporate little rhymes such as “throw your hands in the air and raise ‘em like you just don’t care.” With regards to Kool DJ Herc, as he progressed eventually turned his attention to the complexities of d-jaying and let two friends Coke La Rock and Clark Kent handle the microphone duties. They became known as Kool DJ Herc and the Herculoids (Brewster and Broughton, 2000). As rap music spread throughout the urban community of New York, many people began to use it as a form of expression that offered unlimited boundaries. There were no set rules, except to be original and to rhyme to the beat of the music. One could rap about the
Back in the days as some people may call it hip hop was a way that a certain person felt and the things that they would say was things that happens in real life everyday situations. Rapping to these later rappers was in their hearts and soul they would eat, sleep, and breathe hip hop whenever they got the chance. Hip hop was created out of the blue it wasn’t planned or anything it’s something that just happened and came about. “When youth culture confronted an urban dystopian spectacle (unemployment, segregation, housing, and other forms of environmental violence) in the 1970s, it tried to revise its negative effects with a new vision” (Brunson III). Rapping was used as a way for the youth to stay out of trouble and keep themselves occupied.