N.W.A

Los Angeles. Artists like N.W.A., a group that grew up in South Central, and Ice-T represented California and constantly alluded to their experiences growing up in the “ghetto” in their songs. N.W.A.’s debut album, Straight Outta Compton, boasted it’s most controversial and popular track titled “Fuck tha Police”. Lyrics from the song state, “Young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown/And not the other color so police think/They have the authority to kill a minority”. N.W.A. did not sugarcoat their…

police brutality, poverty, bragging, misogyny, promiscuity, vulgarity (this one is almost a given for any mainstream rapper), representing your city and hustling. This was especially evident in the 80s with rappers like Ice-T and notorious rap group N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes). Rapping as a form began to become more complex as we move towards the 90s. Rakim really pushed the art forward after he began to using compound rhyming and a very laidback delivery, a style of his very…

Being the most popular and controversial genre & topic across the world, hip-hop sums up the problems in today’s society whether it’s dealing with teen rebellion, African-Americans interaction with police officers, poverty, or even injustice. Hip-Hop is the voice of the people in an assertive way, it has positive influences as well as some negatives. However the negative Influences of Gang Violence and The Encouraging of Unprincipled Behavior can be solved by Community leaders mentoring the…

for his departure. Suge Knight was arrested in January 2015 after he allegedly ran over two Compton men with his pick up truck after an argument. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knight was escorted off of the set of a promotional video for the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton after a heated argument with Cle "Bone" Sloan. The argument escalated later outside of a fast-food restaurant. Knight maintains that Cle "Bone" Sloan attacked him, and that he accidentally ran over Cle "Bone" Sloan…

("When Was the Golden Age of Rap?". The golden age of hip-hop is said to be characterized by its diversity quality, innovation, and influence. The artists most often associated with the period are LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, Ice-T, Geto Boys, N.W.A., Tupac, and Biggie Smalls ( Cooper,…

As the DJ would scratch and spin their records, you would have “wordsmiths,” which are known today as an MC, would step up to the microphone and begin rapping to either get the crowd hype or get a message across. Hip hop started underground due to the audience it initially attracted, until The Sugar Hill Gang made “Rappers Delight,” which allowed hip hop to spill into mainstream and commercial radio. This track became an anthem in dance clubs everywhere for the next year. More than just a…

The Distinctive Influence of Hip Hop on the Political Socialization of Minorities In the 1970s, hip hop started out as a small hobby in the housing projects of Bronx, New York. Over the past forty years the popularity of the Hip hop industry constantly expanded; started out in housing projects in urban community, then moved to the homes of all races in america, and now today Hip Hop is a global industry. When one thinks of rap music they relate it to violence and hypermasculinity.…

America through Hardship Much of America’s history is filled with challenges created by a foreign enemy, such as the Central Powers during World War I, or a domestic adversary, which could be anyone from the U.S. government to a specific group of people, like racist white Southerners. When faced with difficult times, Americans respond in a variety of ways but one of the main three responses is with defaming the group or person who is causing them fear, frustration, or pain. Another usual way…

The LA Riots were in response to the Rodney King video that showed LA Police officers beating an unarmed African- American motorist. On March 3rd 1991 King, a paroled felon led police on a high speed chase through the LA county, he was intoxicated and uncooperative during the arrest. Unbeknownst to the 3 officers, Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind was involved in the beating of Rodney King while arresting King someone was filming the officers beating King long after he was…

however the music that fell off the streets of Los Angeles in the late 1980s took the lower class to another level, aesthetically and politically. The artist of this newly refined “Rap” included rappers Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Dr. Dre (most of N.W.A). The “G-Funk” inspired beats and explicit lyrics, about drugs,…