From the time that hip hop was first created to its present form, it has worked to bring change to social injustices covering a multitude of topics from racism to sexism. This genre of music accomplishes this by creating a sense of pride and rebellion for its listeners. Even though hip hop has been able to start movements and grab the attention of its audiences to make changes, there are a few artists that use hip hop to bring about some not so nice topics. Some songs for example still refer to women as “bitches” and “hoes”, which only reinforce ideas about sexism. The author Kristine Write in her essay on “Realizing our Righteous Power” works to point out that a lot of hip hop only reinforces hypocrisies of things like racism and sexism
