The Influence Of Hip-Hop On African American Women

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The beginning of hip-hop has changed very drastically since it first began in the early nineteen seventy's. Hip-hop first started to thrive in the South Bronx of New York, which started to progressively develop as the years went by and new generations started to transform in the pop culture. When hip-hop first started, Africa America women were treated with much respect and were very professional in the way they presented themselves in front of the media. Unfortunately, new eras influence the people on what to wear and how to act towards specific types of groups. It wasn't always like this until the new evolution of music changed the way media portrayed African American women on a whole new scale. Many of the women are now being displayed as

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