“Oswaldo was flummoxed by the fact that his friend could be so quiet, almost embarrassed, about his academic acumen, yet so damn loud and proud of his status as a premier campus drug dealer.” (Hobbs 167). Within this quote from the unforgettable story “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace,” written by Jeff Hobbs, lies an illustration of the influence of the Hip Hop Culture subgenres that has been located throughout many life stories in the past half century told by famous singers such as Eminem, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, 50 cent, Dr. Dre and many others. The Hip Hop Culture is described as individuals being prone to detail the struggles of life in the course of a brutally honest point of opinion. In “The Short and Tragic Life
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That you can only put in the minimal measure of effort and expect it to be enough of a reason. Yet this is obviously not true in any culture, it’s a myth. No one gains anything overnight, it requires hard work and commitment. Which is one thing that Rob knew as he grew up. He realizes that everything requires hard work, which is one of the causes why he went to Yale. Although, unfortunately, he split himself in half whilst he was there because in “high school, when Rob had veiled his personal hardships with intelligence and leadership, he now veiled them with a generosity that was incredibly costly, in both dollars and emotional drain.” (Hobbs 263). His switch from drug dealing and intelligence became his downfall in the end as violence caught up to him. No matter that he put in all the hard work throughout his life, “all of Rob 's troubles were self-inflicted––that on Yale graduation day Rob had stood within reach of everything he now didn 't have. Maybe Yale hadn 't guaranteed fame and wealth and general greatness, but it had ensured, at the very least, stability… And Rob was still, clinging, after all these years, to the idea of being the Man.” (Hobbs 316). Nevertheless, Rob never got the opportunity to fulfill his
That you can only put in the minimal measure of effort and expect it to be enough of a reason. Yet this is obviously not true in any culture, it’s a myth. No one gains anything overnight, it requires hard work and commitment. Which is one thing that Rob knew as he grew up. He realizes that everything requires hard work, which is one of the causes why he went to Yale. Although, unfortunately, he split himself in half whilst he was there because in “high school, when Rob had veiled his personal hardships with intelligence and leadership, he now veiled them with a generosity that was incredibly costly, in both dollars and emotional drain.” (Hobbs 263). His switch from drug dealing and intelligence became his downfall in the end as violence caught up to him. No matter that he put in all the hard work throughout his life, “all of Rob 's troubles were self-inflicted––that on Yale graduation day Rob had stood within reach of everything he now didn 't have. Maybe Yale hadn 't guaranteed fame and wealth and general greatness, but it had ensured, at the very least, stability… And Rob was still, clinging, after all these years, to the idea of being the Man.” (Hobbs 316). Nevertheless, Rob never got the opportunity to fulfill his