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Reggie Garcia November 2nd, 2016 Music of Africa African Influence in Hip Hop In the 1970s the shockwave that would be known as hip hop rose from the economic situation of New York City, especially the black and Latino neighborhoods. However, while hip hop music was born in the Bronx, it both is part of and speaks to a long line of black American and African cultural traditions. Many observers also make a connection between rap and West African griot tradition, the art of wandering storytellers

it is both unrealistic and unfair to put hip-hop on a pedestal and assume that it would completely reform the economy of a community, but its influence was -and still is- deeply rooted and powerful enough to have the ability to bring positive changes to the black community in the United States. Hip-hop has brought negative changes to the community so it is definitely not far-fetched to think that it has the ability to bring positive changes. Hip Hop was a distraction from the real problems and focused

If you are looking for meaningful music with a good beat, you should listen to hip hop. In my opinion hip hop isn’t music, it’s a voice for people who don’t have one. I love hip hop because everyone, from kids and teenagers to adults, could express themselves and just let lose and be free in this music. Also it has a really meaningful story behind it and it has a good beat. Like McBride said, “It metaphors into the next big thing. It is a music that defies definition, yet define our collective

debates over hip-hop and its influence on the youth community in America. Some people believe that it has a negative impact while others feel that it does not account for any change in youth society. How does music and human behavior correspond? What are the negative and positive effects that hip hop has towards America's youth community?. Hip-Hop is among the top 5 most played genres. The oral creativity the performer uses to generate a certain simile, metaphor, language and rhyme. Hip-hop and poetry

advances, interaction and exposure to other languages, and the always evolving contemporary American culture. The hip hop culture greatly contributes to the semantic change of the English language. “You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.”

Young people would perform, listen to, play hip hop music videos in the hallway TV at Malvern-Work, Poetic Justice, Started From the Bottom. When I would pass by the computer lab I would see many young people often on ‘World Star Hip Hop’ (an American content aggregate site with a hip hop focus often referred to as the ‘ghetto’s CNN’). This is just one of the many ways hip hop culture was pervasive in these young people’s lives. One of the most pervasive forms of artistic expression I found among

4.1. The Art of the Streets Hip-Hop is a complex cultural movement formed during the early 1970s by African Americans in the slums of South Bronx, New York (Dyson 6), it propagated outside of the African American community in late 1980s, and by the opening of the 21th century it became the most spread culture in the world. Hip-Hop consists of four elements: Deejay, Break-Dancing, Rapping, and Graffiti. (Kenon 112) 1.4.2. Hip-Hop Elements The phenomenon of Hip-Hop has reached every corner of the globe

Hip-hop is a cultured style that started in the 1970’s. Majority of different funk groups began playing disco music at that time it was popular. During this time funk music was technology driven more electronic sounds were being used on the drum machines. Funk was the new dance in the early 70’s. This particular style of singing in which was being used is called rapping, this begun in African American, Urban Areas, Jamaican American, Latino American and many others cities of the United States. The

business If it got where it started So we all gather here for the dearly departed” (NAS, Hip hop is dead), Since the 1920s, America has been the setting for a progressive "Black Arts Movement." This African-American cultural movement has taken shape in various genres, gaining mass appeal, this cultural arts movement has stayed set upon its original purpose and direction, by aiding in cultural identity awareness. Hip Hop is a genre of music that has really grown the last couple of decades. Its increased popularity

that is the art of hip-hop, hip-hop involves of the following dance moves pop and lock, the robot, dougie and the stankey leg, I could go on but I won't. Hip hop has been around since 1520, it was born on the streets of New york to find out more go to the following website http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/birthplace-of-hip-hop/. Hip Hop gets the adrenaline pumping through the veins, as the music is really loud and wakes you up, some people use the hip hop community to make more