This ideology makes it difficult for young African American to push away from rappers influences and compete in their beyond their identification. Above all rapping creates a retro division among us. Based on the rapper certain groups of people would not listen to his or her music. Hip hop is a roadblock to success, but it is a cry for black
Introduction Monster: an Autobiography of an L.A. Gang tells the story of Kody Scott and how he joined and left the gang life. Kody Scott grew up in a world of violence, gangs, suffering, and in a life of struggle during the nineteen sixties and seventies. Kody was born into the gang life in South Central Los Angeles whether he liked it or not because of the corruption going on there at the time. Kody’s life would be greatly affected by the outnumbering gangs growing around the area where he lived.
We see in Stapleton’s words how hip-hop has become a dangerous genre and how responsibility lies in the artists, managers, record companies, and parents when it comes to the music. But Stapleton discloses her view of the situation and the irony at hand. While these groups may be responsible Stapleton says ultimately American society is to blame because it carries the common themes hip-hop music is all about, including the bad
Hip-Hop- Noun1. The popular subculture of big-city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art.2. Rap music During the 1970’s in the streets of the Bronx, New York, young aspiring artists were trying to create a new way to express their frustrations. They spoke of the difficulties of a hard life and some of the experiences they were forced to go through. Some of which were poverty, racism, and peer pressures.
Likewise in Miguel Pinero’s poem, “Bury my Ashes on the Lower East Side”, Miguel Pinero expresses the streets through his eyes as well. For the most part both writers have experienced similar struggles in their lives in the streets of NYC; the “mean” streets of NYC. Growing up in NYC can be pretty rough, and to some the streets become their best friends and can be the only form of survival; sometimes the best friend can turn on you, become mean, and then they aren’t as beautiful as they first seemed. Piri Thomas struggled throughout his childhood. He grew up on the “mean streets” of Harlem.
These types of crimes happened without regard to human life. The social aspects of Baldwin’s life coincide with Sonny’s in that they both expose the poor living conditions that African Americans faced in those days. Living in Harlem gives a vivid account of how segregation operated in America. The narrator of the story described the streets as, “the killing streets of our childhood” (Baldwin 112), these are the same streets in which Baldwin experienced. While the narrator describes his current living conditions, “in a rundown housing project,” to Baldwin this was his reality.
Tragedies affect people in all different ways. In this story one brother, the narrator goes in the direction of education while Sonny goes down the road of drugs and music. There is more to why Sonny took this path even though tragedy may have been the catalyst. The times were very hard on the African American community at that time and in this story
Music videos have contributed to the depiction as well. Violence has been greatly impacted on the black community. From rappers glorifying time served in jail or surviving several bullet wounds, today’s black community believes this is a way of life for some. The black man has decided to trade college for the
Gangs on the Rise in Metro Houston Without a doubt, Houston has a growing gang problem according to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle. Gangs are a violent reality and a way of life for many who are seeking acceptance and a means to “fit in”, regardless of the price that must be paid. Many people have their own view as to why gangs are formed and why they exist in our society. One of the main reasons is friendship and they often tell their friend about how “cool” it is to be part of something, to be accepted. Children from poverty, who experience hopelessness, and who are bored and are looking for nice clothes and long to have money think being in a gang can earn them lots of pocket money.
Jeff Chang first started talking about the stereotypes that were accompanied by the new music genre. Because of this art from people of color were seen in a bad light. Since hip hop had a huge effect on people that lived in the ghettos. Rap groups started to take the roles of activist like the group N.W.A, who made a song called “Fuck tha Police”.