Black men in what is known as “todays” American face a different American from that of black men in the past. Although they are still faced with many problems, they are also provided with opportunities that their fathers were not provided with. Although those opportunities are present, black men in today’s American must work twice as hard to take advantage of them. BET just hosted it’s annual Hip-Hop Awards where it featured numerous African American that have found a way to take advantages of the opportunities they were given. Two noticeable men from the night were famous rappers Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean. The two men managed to walk away from the night with three awards a piece. They both were young men from tough cities and used rap as
