Hip hop culture plays such a prominent role in our society. It is considered cool to smoke weed, have sex all the time and not pay attention to education. In one of Dr. Moore’s lecture, he said “hip hop sells black culture globally.” So what people buy is what people are going to make. Rob Peace was influenced by hip hop culture because he had that struggle with the typical druggie, surrounded by women, and fitting in image.
Robert grew up in the ghetto and always had the typical people who follow hip hop culture surrounding him. They were described as “stoned all the time, they did get angry, they did talk shit about a college education” (181). This is what was considered cool for them and it was common for this type of society to show violence. …show more content…
His dad, friends, and even he smoked all of the time. He described smoking as it was his lifestyle: “I smoke a blunt, and I can hang out or study or just chill... nothing matters, not even time, and for a couple of hours I can just be” (155). This was instant gratification for Rob. He felt suddenly fine every time he had weed or sold weed without truly thinking about the consequences.
Another way that hip hop culture influences the society is the way that they portray women, they are seen as mere objects. When Rob was new to Yale, he had marked girls off on the year book. These girls were just based off of looks and even that is a negative aspect that is looked in hip hop, if you are hot then you can get anywhere in life. He also had girls surrounding him. Girls used to come and braid his hair. Even when Rob messages Jeff a picture, it is described with having two curvy girls around his arms with their thong bikini in Rio.
At Yale, Rob felt like he did not fit in. This is mainly because the changed from a primarily black society to a white one. “Rob, being both black and poor, was in the minority of the minority” (134). Hip hop culture portrays blacks as poor and he did not seem to fit in well at Yale which was a problem since hip hop is all about fitting
Robert grew up in the ghetto and always had the typical people who follow hip hop culture surrounding him. They were described as “stoned all the time, they did get angry, they did talk shit about a college education” (181). This is what was considered cool for them and it was common for this type of society to show violence. …show more content…
His dad, friends, and even he smoked all of the time. He described smoking as it was his lifestyle: “I smoke a blunt, and I can hang out or study or just chill... nothing matters, not even time, and for a couple of hours I can just be” (155). This was instant gratification for Rob. He felt suddenly fine every time he had weed or sold weed without truly thinking about the consequences.
Another way that hip hop culture influences the society is the way that they portray women, they are seen as mere objects. When Rob was new to Yale, he had marked girls off on the year book. These girls were just based off of looks and even that is a negative aspect that is looked in hip hop, if you are hot then you can get anywhere in life. He also had girls surrounding him. Girls used to come and braid his hair. Even when Rob messages Jeff a picture, it is described with having two curvy girls around his arms with their thong bikini in Rio.
At Yale, Rob felt like he did not fit in. This is mainly because the changed from a primarily black society to a white one. “Rob, being both black and poor, was in the minority of the minority” (134). Hip hop culture portrays blacks as poor and he did not seem to fit in well at Yale which was a problem since hip hop is all about fitting