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.
Famous rappers such as Snoop Dog, 50 Cent, R. Kelly, and ECT… have almost planted these racial slurs into our minds through there “trashy rap”. Imus in morning was not only reprimanded for his comments but later let go, due to the uprising of the black community. Rappers, Movie Stars, Comedians and even Gangsters have been giving black woman and negative name calling them “items, hoes, and even bitches.” This is not even in the privacy of their home it is in public on movies and even cd’s. Earl believes that this is due to the fact that these black celebrities are giving an ok to everyone to degrade woman of their own race. He states that “The same
Back then, when I hear “Hip Hop”, I associated it with egoistic rappers and gang violence. It was my least favorite music genre because rap artists only rap about their shopping list and other meaningless topics. It came to the point where I asked, “What is Hip Hop?” I was so curious that I decided to use it as an English research topic. From that point on, my opinion on Hip Hop changed completely due to the fact that there’s more to it. 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.
Student’s name Instructor Course Date Passion and Culture in Wild Style Introduction Wild Style film is considered to be the pioneer of the Hip Hop motion picture production where it featured prominent figures in this industry like Grandmaster Flash (Gale). The film is about a local graffiti artist whose works are tremendously unusual. The film spins around the living standards of the Bronx, entirely. The film depicted the growth of urban cultures as of music and graffiti. Zoro’s relationship with Rose, a fellow artist in the film, is also a major theme as it is a concern for the character as he develops his art.
As the shift in hip-hop turned more and more towards the “Gangster Rap” of the West Coast, Malcolm X continued to symbolize upcoming artist’s cultural identity. However, this new cultural identity was often that of misogynistic and homophobic violence. Commercially, Malcolm X began a staple of success. A 1992 biofilm entitled, “X” was released and Malcolm X continued to be incorporated in increasing proportions as part of the hip-hop generation. He now was on the same pedestal of other civil rights legends such as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B Du Bois, and of course, his counterpart Martin Luther King.
Hip hop was originally a combination of rap, DJing, breakdancing and "tagging", which was the hip hop name for producing graffiti. Therefore, "rap" is the most famous part of hip hop culture, but "hip hop" comprises more than just rapping and rappers. These days, though, people often use the term "hip hop" when discussing music which combines rapping and Dj, and the term "hip hop" can be considered a proper definition of rap. “Rap had antecedents in African-American culture going all the way back to the spoken-word artists of pre-slavery West Africa, the griots. Some of today's rappers, academics and media commentators are on record calling today's rap artists "modern-day
Kendrick Lamar Rap, Hip-hop, all portrayed as the same. The race to the top is the battle of egos as rappers try to outdo each other by proving who is the most “ gangster” . What they all have in common is how they idolize the way they were raised in the hood. Using the tough background to almost scare the audience. But where is the truth?
A lot of hip-hop artists degrade women and use strong references to drugs and money. Hip-hop is also strongly connected to violence and having parties in strip clubs. Joseph Schloss wrote a great paper on B-Boys and B-Girls and he said: “It is a multibillion-dollar industry based on debauchery, disrespect, and self-destruction.” This big industry began in New York City and it has changed drastically since its origins. The hip-hop culture consists of four basic elements: rap, graffiti, break dancing, and DJs. To start this story you have to talk about DJ Kool Herc.
Game talks about his mentor Dr. Dre , while Busta Rhymes is trying somehow to tell him that it's key. In that special track He tries to give an explanation of his departure from Aftermath Records("I'm a man, and Sometimes a man gotta do what gotta do "). The reason i chose the album Doctor's Advocate, is because all his songs spoke to me in different ways. Depending on my mood i can often take these song and use it to how i want to use them, i heard his pain and his struggle and it wasn't all about cars money and sex like the typical main stream rappers rap about it. To me he had something important to say and expressed it in this album.
Tiffany Echevarria ENG-101 C08 Professor Otero Rough Draft 26 March 2015 Biggie v. Tupac Music had been around since the beginning of civilization. These two men were the motivation of the rap industry, Christopher Wallace also known as “Biggie” was born in Brooklyn, NY on May 21, 1972 and Tupac Shakur was born in New York, NY on June 16, 1971. Both famous male rappers who both lives were cut short at 25 years of age. These young man was raised in the Big Apple and came up on poverty or having nothing, they both sold drugs to get by in life and both blew up in the mid 90's. Biggie and Tupac were some of the greatest rapper of all time.