Hip Hop Culture Essay

contributions Latinos brought to hip-hop were b-boying or breaking, which is now known as break dancing. Some of the positive impacts hip-hop has had on young latinos and African Americans were that it allowed them to have a meaning and purpose to life living in the Bronx during this time where gangs and violence was the norm for many young individuals. For Hacksaw, the beauty of the hip-hop movement was that it created unity within the community, ultimately creating one big hip-hop family. Also…

One of the biggest mysteries in Hip-Hop culture, Tupac Shakur’s “death”. Many people feel as though he’s gone, but a lot of people also believe that he is well alive hidden. Why would Tupac Shakur fake his death, if he did so? One of the most talented rappers in Hip-Hop. He had the fame, the money, and the lifestyle. Why would he want to give all that up? was it too much for him? Let's start from the beginning of how “2Pac” became known. Born June 16th, 1971 in New York by his mother Afeni…

wants nothing more than to be an opera singer. And in Louisiana there is a little Black girl who wants to be the girl you see in the music videos. Hip Hop in its entirety is a global phenomenon started by African Americans who revamped a mixture Rock, R&B, Jazz, and spoken word to create music that would rock the world on it’s axis. Today’s image of Hip Hop however does not have that much of a positive impact on the mental well-being of Black women. From Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back to Nelly’s…

parts. According to an excerpt from the book, Homegirls make noise by Gwendolyn Pough article Less Hustle More Flow: The Role of Women in Hip-Hop Culture by Beatrice Derrick states,…

All rappers degrade black women and the people who support these corrupt rappers hate black women also. Jennifer Mclune’s “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” creates this biased inference within its readers after reading the text. Mclune is a writer, activist, and librarian that lives in Washington D.C. Her article, “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women,” first appeared in an online magazine called Z Magazine in 2006. The story discusses how rappers feel that they have a privilege over women and…

you’ll never know what you are capable of. The power of a human is from themselves; their hands, their body, their mind. We all have the capability of either sticking to what we are comfortable with, or we can take on the challenge of something new. Hip-hop dancing has been my solid ground where I stood over the course of eight years. As I grow, I want to start learning how I can transcend my skills and discover something new. As part of my research, I want to develop the idea of what type of…

Hip hop and rap has swallowed the entertainment industry and is in charge when it comes to new music. Rapping has turned into its own culture and with any movement there will more than likely be a leader. Kendrick Lamar is the biggest name in hip hop. Storytelling has been Lamar’s greatest skill and most primary mission. He articulates in human terms, the intimate specifics of daily self defense from surroundings. The king of rap grew up in Compton California and has consistently registered top…

of musical heritage and race made drake into the world's first and only african american canadian jew. He was asked about his personal identity and he said, "At the end of the day, I consider myself a black man because I'm more immersed in black culture than any other. Being Jewish is kind of a cool twist. It makes me unique (Drake Biography).”…

dilapidated Black Forest Theater into a space for charity events and theatre. It would double as a host for her nonprofit organization, B.L.I.N.D. ( Beautiful Love Incorporated Nonprofit Development), which she founded in 1997 as a means bringing culture and arts to inner-city areas to cultivate change for generations to…

Most writers, consciously or unconsciously, find a way to incorporate other aspects of their lives into their works. This occurs in other forms of art including paintings and music of all genres. When this happens, the reader may find it difficult to make sense of some aspects of the work if there is a lack of background knowledge of the owner of said work. An example of a piece of literary work that requires some background information is a song titled “Fireworks” by Aubrey Drake Graham…