8 Mile And Step Up Analysis

When the hip-hop era started back in 1970s in Bronx, New York, it was arguably predominately for African Americans. Now days, hip-hop are becoming more universal with different types of ethnicities. We see different types of ethnicities with hip-hop culture of graffiti, break dancing, and rapping. For example, the film 8 Mile and Step Up is about B-Rabbit and Tyler Gage who are both white pursuing hip-hop cultures such as break dancing and rapping. Both B-Rabbit and Tyler had struggles such as witnessing violence or crimes and being poor. Furthermore, they don’t receive the credit they deserved just because they are white; however, they both work extremely hard to be recognized by the people around them. Although B-Rabbit and Tyler are both white, they both have proven in the films that white can also accomplish …show more content…
However, both B-Rabbit and Tyler are both white and they are also classified as working classmen. Rabbit lives in a trailer house with his mother and Tyler lives in the ghetto with his family. Furthermore, most of the time they are around African American environment. According to Jonah Hahn, he stated that, “white people feel disadvantaged when it comes to deserving a place in the hip-hop scene because they generally have not witnessed the violence, crime, or social issues central to more modern hip-hop.” However, this statement can be false. In both of the movies, both Rabbit and Tyler witnessed violence and crime. For example, Tyler witnessed Skinny’s death when he stole a vehicle. Rabbit was involved in numerous of fights throughout the movie 8 Mile. Many African Americans believe that white people that are involved in hip-hop scene doesn’t really have the “street cred” due to the fact that they assumed that the white people had an easier lifestyle than the African