New York had been a melting pot for many years, and this has caused some positive and negative aspects. One negative aspect is the segregation that has been going on with the minorities through the time, particularly against Blacks and Latinos. On the other Hand, one of the benefits is that the new mix culture was originated, and it created a new generation of new ideas. For instances, in the 1970s, the economic was not the best and the wealthy people did not want to be living near a certain people. So, this situation formed an area of segregation called the South Bronx, where the many different cultures end up living together. However, there is an interesting history behind this moment of time, and it is about how this place was the responsible
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This situation is illustrated in the film Wild Style, it demonstrates the interconnections between music, dance and art in the development of hip-hop culture. The movie shows us how the people who live in the South Bronx tried to survive, the importance of a graffiti and the role of the hip-hop music in the society.
The South Bronx was a place where many low-income people lived during the 1960s. However, the Cross Bronx Expressway construction has been blamed for negatively affecting a number of low-income neighborhoods in the South Bronx. The construction made the property value to decrease and the vacancy rates to increase. After the construction, no one wanted to live in the South Bronx since it was isolated from the rest of the city. Some of the constructions were burned by the owners because the insurances were paying more than the actual rent they were receiving. The building of the Bronx Expressway resulted creating a …show more content…
The hip-hop music was a very important during this period of time, the people wanted to “escape” from the reality, have fun for some hours. For example, this is showed in the song “the Breaks” by Curtis Blow, where he mentions all kind of problems that the people in were living, but at they need to have a break. The film is notable for featuring several prominent figures from early hip hop culture such as Busy Bee Starski, Fab Five Freddy, The Cold Crush Brothers and Grandmaster Flash. Zoro represented the Gratifies and we can tell that the music part of the movie represented by character Phade because he is a part of the music world, he is the owner of a place where many hip-hop artists play, and he organized the events. Phade also represents how important was to get status in the South Bronx, we can see this in the scene where Zoro and Phade take the journalist to the club, and she was almost killed by two men, but she was saved when Phade appeared in the scene. In addition, Phade plays an important role in the movie because he knows the skills that Zoro have painting and tries to convince him to give an interview to a journalist due to the fact that the people will see his paintings and maybe someone will hire him. The act of selling the graffitist represented for the hip hop culture, something similar like “prostituting” the culture. For example, in the
This situation is illustrated in the film Wild Style, it demonstrates the interconnections between music, dance and art in the development of hip-hop culture. The movie shows us how the people who live in the South Bronx tried to survive, the importance of a graffiti and the role of the hip-hop music in the society.
The South Bronx was a place where many low-income people lived during the 1960s. However, the Cross Bronx Expressway construction has been blamed for negatively affecting a number of low-income neighborhoods in the South Bronx. The construction made the property value to decrease and the vacancy rates to increase. After the construction, no one wanted to live in the South Bronx since it was isolated from the rest of the city. Some of the constructions were burned by the owners because the insurances were paying more than the actual rent they were receiving. The building of the Bronx Expressway resulted creating a …show more content…
The hip-hop music was a very important during this period of time, the people wanted to “escape” from the reality, have fun for some hours. For example, this is showed in the song “the Breaks” by Curtis Blow, where he mentions all kind of problems that the people in were living, but at they need to have a break. The film is notable for featuring several prominent figures from early hip hop culture such as Busy Bee Starski, Fab Five Freddy, The Cold Crush Brothers and Grandmaster Flash. Zoro represented the Gratifies and we can tell that the music part of the movie represented by character Phade because he is a part of the music world, he is the owner of a place where many hip-hop artists play, and he organized the events. Phade also represents how important was to get status in the South Bronx, we can see this in the scene where Zoro and Phade take the journalist to the club, and she was almost killed by two men, but she was saved when Phade appeared in the scene. In addition, Phade plays an important role in the movie because he knows the skills that Zoro have painting and tries to convince him to give an interview to a journalist due to the fact that the people will see his paintings and maybe someone will hire him. The act of selling the graffitist represented for the hip hop culture, something similar like “prostituting” the culture. For example, in the