matter the use or social setting within the bounds of music ebonics transcends the need for a social or professional setting because music is universal. According to graph A the amount of hip hop sales in country is 19% as of 2014. According to census applied to the US there ranged 317 million americans in US making us the third most populous country to date. Applying the 19% to this we find that 4,121,000 ( rounded) americans were hip hop users during this era. With this that means 4,121,000 million individuals are apart of this subculture in the US. Not only does the amount of listeners stagger but the presence of Hip-Hip on social media. Verizon Wireless produced a commercial with Drake 's 2016 1# billboard single Hotline Bling
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Similar to the music industry , ebonics has made a place in the television and social media areas as well. “Dy-No-Mite!” (good times) a catchphrase used by JJ from the hit african american comedy good times which first appeared on Feburary 8th 1974. African american actors and programming flows with ebonics and phonetic corrections since the beginning of its time period. Shows such as the Martin Show , Bernie Mac Show , Meet the Browns , My Wife and Kids , Empire , Jamie Foxx Show , Fat Albert transcended the use of ebonics in the american home. Ebonics transferred from common african american home use to national television usage which came to a point an entire channel became dedicated to the language of black people. This channels name is Black Entertainment Television. The sole focus of BET is to provide entertainment to young black african american audiences. In order to provide entertainment to an audience one has to be comfortable which allowed for the use of ebonics on the station. Blackpast,org has created a plethora of many articles dealing with african american hardships triumphs and struggles of history. According to Blackpast,org the definition and meaning of operation for BET …show more content…
The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming.”(Black Past). At base value this meant at the least 90 million viewers had a first hand experience with ebonics. This lead to the influence of ebonics as a common and casual language in the black household and to be used by the youth of the house because of the target audience of the programming. Ebonics as a subculture on the television brought important messages and information to the audiences. Often times bringing about the core values african americans use as the basis of their culture being education from the perspective
Similar to the music industry , ebonics has made a place in the television and social media areas as well. “Dy-No-Mite!” (good times) a catchphrase used by JJ from the hit african american comedy good times which first appeared on Feburary 8th 1974. African american actors and programming flows with ebonics and phonetic corrections since the beginning of its time period. Shows such as the Martin Show , Bernie Mac Show , Meet the Browns , My Wife and Kids , Empire , Jamie Foxx Show , Fat Albert transcended the use of ebonics in the american home. Ebonics transferred from common african american home use to national television usage which came to a point an entire channel became dedicated to the language of black people. This channels name is Black Entertainment Television. The sole focus of BET is to provide entertainment to young black african american audiences. In order to provide entertainment to an audience one has to be comfortable which allowed for the use of ebonics on the station. Blackpast,org has created a plethora of many articles dealing with african american hardships triumphs and struggles of history. According to Blackpast,org the definition and meaning of operation for BET …show more content…
The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming.”(Black Past). At base value this meant at the least 90 million viewers had a first hand experience with ebonics. This lead to the influence of ebonics as a common and casual language in the black household and to be used by the youth of the house because of the target audience of the programming. Ebonics as a subculture on the television brought important messages and information to the audiences. Often times bringing about the core values african americans use as the basis of their culture being education from the perspective