Cultural Hijacking: The Commercialization of the Hip Hop Genre Ever since the formative years of the recorded music industry, Africana artists have played a major role in shaping some of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. Jazz, blues, and hip hop, to name a few, would not exist in the current state that they do today had it not been for all of the great artists who overcame racial intolerance and segregation through their art. Unfortunately, the period of social…
would witness multiple changes in the country’s history in regards to minorities, especially African Americans. And to truly understand the lyrical significance of Hip Hop, it is imperative that the history leading up to the beginning of Hip Hop. Take year 1956, this is not only the same year Clive Campbell, the father of Hip Hop was born, but also the year that the Supreme Court found the segregation of the Montgomery Buses as an unconstitutional practice (Timeline: Civil Rights Era 1954-1971).…
When the hip-hop era started back in 1970s in Bronx, New York, it was arguably predominately for African Americans. Now days, hip-hop are becoming more universal with different types of ethnicities. We see different types of ethnicities with hip-hop culture of graffiti, break dancing, and rapping. For example, the film 8 Mile and Step Up is about B-Rabbit and Tyler Gage who are both white pursuing hip-hop cultures such as break dancing and rapping. Both B-Rabbit and Tyler had struggles such as…
show Degrassi. He began to rap in 2006 and by 2009 he got a record deal from Lil’ Wayne’s label Young Money. Since then Drake has climbed his way to the top of the rap game by selling millions of albums, collaborating with some of the greats in hip hop, starting his own record and making millions in sponsorships with Apple and Jordan. Compared to most rappers who came from broken homes, violent neighborhoods where drugs and gangs were prevalent Drake had what can be considered a perfect life. He…
The Oversexualization and Objectification of Black Women She’s angry, she’s mean, she has an attitude, she’s loud, she’s ghetto, she’s exotic, she’s a jezebel. These some of the many attributes and the stereotypes of black women that are given to them from misrepresentation in the mainstream media. Not only are these labels incorrect, they can be harmful to black women everywhere; they perpetuate this idea that if one falls into a stereotype about the community in which they belong, it makes…
Rap music is a constantly evolving art form that has historically given marginalized American minorities an outlet for emotions and an avenue to comfortably speak out against social injustice. Fernando Orejuela describes the aggressive style of rap that began in the late 1980s as the “Hardcore” era of rap music, which is characterized by popular artists creating aggressive and lyrically obscene music in response to racism. In order to understand the social utility of rap music, it is important…
music consist in the genre, Hip-hop music is classified in one of the category of music. Hip hop it self, has a meaning, which is combine between “Hip” and ”hop” or the combination between knowledge or intelligent and the action or relevant movement, and going through the music and become hip-hop music style. According to Laurence Krisna Parker: “Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live-”. Hip-hop is not about rapper and something you do, but hip-hop is something you live. In this…
The song trying to be cool by the indie band Phoenix was an important hit in 2012. The band originally comes from France and the writer is Thomas Mars. Trying To Be Cool became one of the most popular songs because of its meaning, swing and lyrics that all represent a very trendy stereotype of how a man ‘hits’ or seduces a woman. Throughout the song Mars uses literary devices such as metaphors and symbolism to describe how he entices a woman. Most importantly, it shows the struggle he has in the…
Zumba, an imbuement of Latin-style move that has surprised the wellness world, joins hip shaking, uproarious music and finish flexibility from hindrances. Workouts don't should be an errand any longer. Rather, it can be changed into a fun and social move party with quick and infectious music. Zumba classes give an extensive calorie blaze through oxygen consuming action finished with interim preparing where the normal individual will smolder around 600 to 1,000 calories in a solitary hour-long…
In a business and culture dominated by males, the narcocorrido, “La Reina Del Sur” by Los Tigres Del Norte, is considered an anthem towards the empowerment of females among the narcoculture. A narcocorrido is a song-style under the regional Mexican music genre that narrates a story related to the drug business (Beezley 11). In a music industry that tends to narrate and honor men’s experiences, Los Tigres Del Norte sing a narcocorrido to celebrate a different character: Teresa Mendoza, a female…