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popular cities to show what the world was listening to. In all of the playlist they found that the most played genre is rap and hip-hop with rock in second (Musical Map: Cities of the World). Both are being questioned on what effects does the two genres have on youth. This also appears in the sale records of the…

from a popular culture to create a complex composition. Graffiti art was connected with the hip-hop culture, which included rap music, break dancing, and disc jockeys. This culture attracted a lot of attention in New York magazines, movies, and films like the movie “Break In” which helped the society have a better understanding of this culture. Many graffiti artists became very well known at the time. Hip-hop had become accepted in the United States and worldwide making the graffiti culture…

Everybody is a rap album made by Logic. When Logic was creating this album he slowly found out that his goal was to be the people’s champ and to express that he’s biracial to show that everyone is equal. Plus to shine light on to mental health in the rap community. All these things are important to logic because he named his album everybody cause everyone is equal. Another thing is that he’s biracial and everyone treats him like he’s white but truly white and black. Lastly he’s has dealt with…

people are on the rise like Lil Pump, Lil Yachty, and Lil Uzi. This could be considered the trash age of rap because of all the new characters that are coming up. But one artist that stands from the all is Drake. He is considered the one the best hip-hop artist. When Drake makes new songs they are always on the top charts making him one of the successful artists in the business. Drake’s song “One Dance” has over 1 billion plays on spottily and counting. But the song I wanted to look at was…

Rap has changed America not only with the message it sends, but with clothing, language, and all the culture it comes with. We can see the power of influence Rap music has had on the recent generation through the 1990s West Coast vs East Coast hip hop scenes in the United States. The rivalry ended in a violent and deadly way, as we can see through the Tupac and Notorious B.I.G murders. Rap music had the power to get completely different coasts and fans to feud with each other on a violent…

The Hip-Hop music of the 80's was overall more subtle in the beliefs it offered listeners, whereas music from this decade was more obvious with its references to sex, drugs and alcohol. In my opinion, the songs by men had more negative concepts about women and…

Fringe: The Hip Hop Culture and Ethnic Relations”. Reading this article I felt very enlightened, because I knew about Hip Hop music but not the background of Hip Hop music. The quote that enlightened me was, According to Geneva Smitherman, the foundation of rap music is rooted in “Black oral tradition of tonal semantics, narrativizing, signification, playing the dozens, Africanized syntax, and other communicative practices.” Hip Hop is a genre that has crossed cultural boundaries. Hip hop is a…

Rose Pierre Prof. Sowers Intro to Speech 3/7/16 Misogyny in Hip Hop (Gangsta Rap) Music Specific Purpose: To persuade Central Idea: Hip hop music is very misogynistic and can cause abuse to women Introduction Mary was a 16 year old girl who just got her first boyfriend and his name was Jake. Mary was very naïve and young, she thought she was in love. She noticed the music Jake listened to had changed and she also noticed that he started acting differently. One day she went through…

rhyming patter glibly by vocalist or vocalists” (“Rap Music”). Rapping is a major part of hip hop culture which was developed in the Bronx in the mid nineteenth century. A group of young African Americans and Latinos living in a low income area where there was little to do and soon they made the hip hop culture (rapping, graffiti art, breakdancing and DJ-ing). Rap has become its own genre within hip hop culture because it grew popular so rapidly. Rapping is used as an expression and reflection…

“Hip Hop is Now: An Evolving Youth Culture” by Carl and Virgil Taylor is an article from a journal that discusses the relationship between youth and hip hop culture. The article explains why Hip-Hop music includes violence, drug abuse, misogyny, and hypersexualization so excessively, yet youth ignore the vulgarity of it and enjoy it. Carl and Taylor interview different young adults and gain their perspectives on hip hop and how it influences them. The article then takes these views and attempt…