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Introduction “Gangsta rap made me do it” (Jackson, 2008). was a phrase mockingly used in hip hop mogul Ice Cube’s song “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”. There has been much controversy surrounding the hip hop culture, in whether or not “gangsta rap”, or hip hop music is to blame for the youth’s violent lifestyles. Many political and media groups are quick to blame hip hop for the trending violence in youth (Blanchard). In Ice Cube’s song, he mocks the phrase quite often, and points out that the…

technology, we are influenced by what we see on social media and what we hear in songs. For example hip hop and rap artists promote the use of drugs by making people think they are cool and desirable. Many other teenagers listen to artists like Snoop Dogg who have songs such as ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’ and ‘Smoke the weed’ endorse and glamourize the usage of drugs. Studies have also shown that teens aged 12 to 17 are five times more likely to use tobacco; three times more likely to use alcohol; and…

Rap/Hip hop music is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic, and rhyming speech that is chanted. Rap/Hip-Hop music as we know it today, actually began thousands of years ago in Africa with the “griots”. Griots were village story tellers who played a simple handmade instrument while they told stories of family, village, and hunting events. The griot still is a major form of communication in…

Do you smell that? Unfortunately, we all do. It’s the lovely fucking scent of Capitalism which can be smelt as early as grade school. It’s an invisible teacher hiding in the background taking a ruler and spanking your kids on the ass. No…. This isn’t a Catholic school. It’s today’s enrollment of Capitalistic University. A school where the only way to drop out is to die. America’s youth has been brainwashed by our educational as well as governmental system on how to live li. “Get good grades.…

represented opposite coasts. They were both God’s of Hip Hop respectively and in there own deserved right. Starting with 2Pac on the West Coast he a staple in what is considered gangsta rap. His lyrics were about gang related violence, what he witnessed and what he was involved in. He was anti-police and hated them. Racism, poverty, police harassment and inequalities about black people weren’t far from his mind and rightfully he spoke out about these social issues in his music. At the time of…

For many decades, there has been the connotation that “rappers want to be athletes, athletes want to be rappers” (Stoute 150). We’ve seen the intermingling of the two professions from the early 90s when Shaquille O’Neal started rapping (Joseph, Revisiting Shaquille). Others, like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, also hopped on the bandwagon early. Now, there are much more serious attempts by those of Louis Williams and Damian Lillard. On the other side, we have seen numerous hip-hop artists…

Adidas has made use of social media platforms specifically Instagram and Twitter. The content has been marketed towards the younger generation with the use of celebrities in both the sporting industry as well as other pop culture icons such as Snoop Dogg and Kayne West. Further, Adidas has made strong pushes for collaborations with other clothing brands as well as some of their celebrity endorsements which allows for unique and limited attire that consumers are looking for in their fashion…

The trend in popular music is to glamorize drugs and alcohol. This music encourages young adolescents to “have fun” while minimizing the risk and dangers of the substance. Through music, deviant behaviors magnify the illusion of a carefree, unfettered life. Popular music encourages recreational drug use among adolescents by removing barriers for illicit drug use and endangering the lives of those who take part in the drug fueled culture. Music is present almost anywhere and easily accessible…

Megan Carpentier, the author of The Year Hip-Hop Invented Sex, failed to support her thesis in a well written manner. However, her main point is correct and describes an undeniable modern revolution amongst Hip Hop and R&B music. Hip-Hop artists have recently changed the meanings behind their blunt and explicit lyrics. In the article The Year Hip-Hop Invented Sex, Megan Carpentier describes the pre-revolution and specific details of this iconic year. According to Carpentier, before sex was…

What is the Africanist Aesthetic? It’s the African-based cultural forms and philosophical approach existing in the African Diaspora that continue to reflect similar musical, dance, and oral practices as those in Africa; though not African, enough resemblances in the performer's’ attitude and relationship to audience exist that cultural connections to African cultural practices are apparent. How does African culture continue to show in Hip-hop over time? Hip-Hop culture, since around the 1950s,…