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Analysis of Hip-Hop and Youth Culture Throughout the last twenty-five years, a new form of expression has continued to evolve. Hip-Hop, once limited to urban music and dance has become a widespread form of communication exhibited and enjoyed by young people throughout the world. Hip-Hop is no longer limited to rap music and break dancing; today it represents a multi-billion dollar industry that influences everything from fashion to prime- time television programming

Hip Hop is often compared to violence and bad influences, but in reality it has a superior impact on the youth. ¨ Hip Hop proved to be successful as both a creative outlet for expressing the struggles of life amidst the prevailing crime and violence as an enjoyable and cheap form of recreation.¨ (123Helpme) Therefore, Hip Hop cultures and movements impacts contemporary young African American identities . This is necessary because it has evolved the way urban people speak ,the way we dress , and

hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists, but there’s a case to be made that it came to life precisely on this day in 1973, at a birthday party in the recreation room of an apartment building in the west Bronx, New York City. The location of that birthplace was 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, and the man who presided over that historic party was the birthday girl’s brother, Clive Campbell—better known to history as DJ Kool Herc, founding father of hip hop. When

between hip hop music and pop music. It has brought a bountiful amount of collaborations and music that makes individuals want to dance and have a great time. Many times there is a negative connection between the musical styles. For example, there is also a lot of disdain between artists, many times about whether their respective genre is what they consider “real” music. Pop music has been defined as “a body of music which is distinguishable from popular jazz, rock and folk music.” Hip Hop music has

Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Byron Hurt examined the troubling aspects of hip hop music. Hip hop was said to have brought masculinity back to the game. One aspect of this troubling masculine culture is the idea of hyper masculinity. The term hyper masculinity is defined as the exaggeration of male stereotypical behavior, such as an emphasis on physical strength, aggression, and sexuality. These three attributes create the disturbing facets of what hip hop music portrays to the media and the

Jazz and hip hop have blown up in the United States and have changed Americans’ views on life forever. Jazz’s early roots derive from the Southern United States in the 1920’s and have taken America by storm since then. In a similar way, hip-hop’s origin came from the urban citizens of Bronx in the early 1970’s through the 1990’s and has since become one of the biggest, if not most popular, genres in American music today. Both of these genres have appealed to the most raw and real emotions of any

Most people today don't believe that hip hop has a positive effect on people, specifically as an inspirational means for social justice and personal hardship. Instead most people critique hip hop and believe that the music is ugly and it can make the person become a misogynist and violent. However, I argue that hip hop has been one of the most cultural changing movements in history and it has many positive aspects. For example, the hip-hop group NWA has provided people with free speech in the United

Indigenous Hip Hop and Performance as Resurgence by Frank Waln tells his story on how hip hop impacted and changed his life. He begins by discussing his first interaction with hip hop music from a scratched CD he found on the road by Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP. Surprisingly, that was his first time ever hearing rap or any other form of different music compared to his traditionally music. He stated that used to hearing music country music from the radio stations and the ceremony/pow wow songs from

media and its effects on America’s youth. In some occasions, there have been cases in where political experts and television analysts have accused individual rap starts for real life tragic events. However, it is imperative to understand that if hip hop music is violent, it is because the songs express the reality that African American live on a daily basis. In order to be objective on this matter, it is essential to look past the controversy and acknowledge that it is unrealistic for one particular

James Mcbride the author of the essay, Hip Hop Planet, is an African American/ Jewish writer. The discussion of hip-hop became important to the author from the rise of its popularity. The audience can mainly pertain to the older generations of people and to persuade them to listen to hip-hop. Mcbride uses his own personal stories and extensive research of hip-hop to effectively convey to his audience how hip-hop has gotten more popular and how it affects the world around him. Mcbride begins the