Hip hop

When the word hip hop comes to mind what do you think of? Swearing, violence, drugs, money, gangs or how about the ones who created it, I know there is one thing that you would never think k of when discussing hip hop and that is Korean hip hop. Hip Hop is defined as a cultural movement that was created by the disadvantage African-American youth living in the south Bronx during the 1970s. Hip Hop or more commonly known as rapping is a complex culture filled with four important elements.…

The Fifth Element of Hip Hop - Knowledge In addition to the four elements of hip-hop – breakdancing, graffiti, emceeing, and DJing - The Zulu Nation places emphasis on a fifth element of hip-hop being knowledge. Bambaataa and members viewed knowledge to the link that connects the other elements together to form hip-hop culture. Without knowledge, an individual would not be able to be a respectable emcee, effectively DJ, constructively tag graffiti, or safely breakdance. Therefore, one of the…

identities. Although this inclusion of cultural objects from different cultures can be seen as signs of an inclusive society, it can also be regarded as cultural theft. For example, the theft of hip hop culture by white Americans is evident from their large presence in the subculture. Their participation in hip hop can be seen as appropriation due to several factors, including the past history of cultural theft, mockery and the lack of respect for the…

to belong to one person or one group of people but that is not true. For hip hop people are always arguing about who it belongs to what race what person and what group of people. Many people believe that hip hop can only belong to one person or race but hip hop belongs to anyone who enjoys the art form of hip hop. Hip hop is not just about the music, hip hop is an art form that is a style of life. Some of the biggest hip hop artist focus on their music but that’s not it they also make films…

regards to those who have been marginalized by society; have been implemented to aid in the progression of society and countries. The specific weapon of choice that seems to have the world’s youth/young adult population in rhythmic revolt is Hip Hop. Hip Hop in all its elements…

80’s Hip Hop Dance Did you know Hip Hop dance is healthy for you. As much as you move around in dancing you lose weight and also getting in shape. Dance can get your physical conditioning and exercise. “how hip hop dance could set you on course for a healthier and more active lifestyle.” Through popping, locking are all well-know hip-hop workouts.You can have so much fun with dancing. I bet you didn't know there were seven different types of hip hop. With the hip hop and the dance beats put…

Hip-hop and go-go music are instrumental in storytelling and memorializing the social and cultural history of urban spaces. In hip-hop the lyrics flow together to tell its listeners a story, more than often about their community and neighborhood that they are from. Hip-Hop creates spatial categories and identities. Hip-Hop constructs place and space through style, lyrical content, images, and dance. It reduces the spatial scale of cities by reducing the broad, general city to a more localized…

Hip-hop culture has the ability to effect the way people think about politics and how presidential candidates execute their campaigns. This power has been realized recently, especially by President Obama, but we have yet to truly see it reach its full potential. Hip-hop has been around since about the early 1970s, but never had it realized its potential to effect politics until the 2008 presidential election. The starting point of this realization was during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This…

Hip hop is an influential part of urban and pop cultures since its exponential rise in popularity since the early 1970s. The rise of hip hop in urban communities effectively reduced the increasing levels of gang related violence and injustice in society, regardless of the stigma of a negative influence imposed by the mainstream media. The absolute positive ideals of hip hop and its positive effects are evident in the history of hip hop culture, seen through Zulu nation, and even in present day…

Hip Hop Generation Feminists are feminists that believe that gender and its construction through what can be considered, a white patriarchal society, is what shapes the lives of women of color across a range of sexual identities. They identify with Hip-Hop because the music, the culture, the fashion, and much more provide the dialogue to girlhood and young womanhood. Their coming of age to place during the era where the women were most prominent—those women consisted of, Queen Latifah, M.C. Lyte…