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    today. It’s been around for many years, slowly evolving over time. When most hear the words Hip Hop, they automatically assume plain rap music. Just like any other genre of music, Hip Hop can be split up into many different sub genre for example, Trap music, Gangsta rap and lastly Old School Hip Hop. Starting from the oldest sub genre, Old School Hip Hop is the rap sound you hear before the 2000 era. Music groups like A Tribe Called Quest, SugarHill Gang or Run DMC all were the key creators of…

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    Nelson George’s “Gangsters–Real and Unreal” 1. “Gangsta rap (or reality rap or whatever descriptive phrase you like) is a direct by-product of the crack explosion...first came crack rocks, then gangsta rap” (paragraph 32) What examples does George use to prove his point? Do you agree with his statement? Explain why. If not, then what do you think gangsta rap is a direct product of? Be specific in your response. Present in George’s “Gangsters– Real and Unreal”, the extensive details revolving…

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    popular through Gangsta Rap music. “Gangsta Rap is a style of Hip-Hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city youth (Adaso Henry).” A few well known artist from the Gangsta Rap epidemic are Tupac, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, Eazy E, Biggie Smalls and Ice Cube. Today we have “Gangsta Rappers” by the name of Lil Durk, Chief Keef, Wiz Khalifa, Monsta, Jay Rock, and Gucci Mane. Although, “Gangsta Rap” has survived an astounding 35 years are the lyrics like Ice Cube’s “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do…

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    Before gangsta rap took over the Los Angeles area techno was the big thing that was played across the whole city, some of the first rappers were getting tired of this techno music that they were playing. So with Hip hop spreading across the country they decided to make their own style of rap which was gangsta rap. Gangsta rap was either made but people in gangs or people who were gang affiliated, they rhymed about…

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    Miley Cyrus Stereotypes

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    negative images has been prominent in rap music. Negative perceptions of black people are portrayed on television shows, movies, and in rap music. Many stereotypes are presented in films and television, some dating back to blackface minstrel shows. Rap music reinforces a negative image of black people perceiving them as raunchy, violent, ghetto, and misogynistic. Television shows and movies portray negative stereotypes influencing how blacks are viewed. As well, rap music fuels the negative…

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    Hip Hop Social Movement

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    condemnatory terms about drug use, and is disrespectful of authority"(Johnson p25) In the 1980s "… The music industry was shaken up with the birth of gangster rap"(Giovacchini). The new form of hip hop “Before N.W.A came out, there was nobody out there doing gangsta rap,” (Young). N.W.A talked about their lives in Los Angles which was “reality rap. After all, they weren’t telling bloody, fictional stories a la Francis Ford Coppola" (Westhoff). The main members of the group Eazy E , Ice Cube , DJ…

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    The influence of gangsta rap has proven to be extremely negative on the youth that have come in contact with it. The second point of view on this styling of music is that of a portrayal of inner city life (Blanchard). Throughout the years of the commercial music industry there have been multiple kinds of music that served to express the point of view of a demographic. Of all the different genres of music gangsta rap is one of the most violent and misogynist form produced. The cruel and…

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    Hip Hop Masculinity

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    strength,and virility. “Gangsta”rappers in Hip Hop create a false representation of power through music videos to show dominance over women by depicting them in little to no clothing. The…

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    increased teen violence in America is one of intricacy and one with with many proposed causes. One proposed cause that has certainly gained popularity is that a child’s exposure to rap music at a young age and into their adolescence is to blame for the violent acts he or she commits as a teen. What’s behind rap’s bad rap? Its correlation to teen violence is a complex social issue that has quite polarizing stances taken on it. Sid Kirchheimer of WebMD Health News points out that traditionally…

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    world’s biggest selling rap artist and the most popular living gangsta rap artist. Additionally, he is also known for his critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical film “8 Mile”. Each genre within popular music has its own definition of authenticity. For instance in rock, the artists and music can be considered authentic only if they are direct and honest and have not been tainted by “commerce, trends and derivativeness”.(Armstrong, 2010, pp.336) Within the genre of rap, authenticity is…

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