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     Imagine an inner city kid having grown u in an environment where real life street violence is a way of life. His body, having survived personal experiences of violence, endured barely life sustained conditions, and many sleepless nights caused by the constant yet unpredictable call of death. His mind doubtful over where his next meal will come from, lost in search of some higher guidance, struggling through a world, not of innocent childish fantasies, but trapped in

The experience of music making and listening is foundational in every observed culture and society, producing extraordinary effects on thoughts, emotions, and physiology. Due to this power, we are not only conscious of its positive effects, but also potentially negative ones. In the society we live in now parents are becoming more increasingly more conscious and aware of the music their children are listening to and more specifically rap. It's like every time parents hear a certain cuss word or just

Many of people may be unaware of the fact that the birth of hip-hop was actually in 1520 on Sedgwick Avenue. DJ Kool Herc was acknowledging as the founding father of hip-hop at the time because of his unique ear of hearing and creating different music. It’s very rare that people will mention this because at the time hip-hop wasn’t a force in the music industry until the late 1990’s. It’s been approximately 30 years since the pertinent genre was actually recognized for its production in the music

Music is a central part of most adolescent lives. In todays society music is a part of everyone’s daily activities. Certain genres contain frequent references to sex, drugs, and violence. Certain genres receive their fair share of bad media including crime. Everyone knows that music all by itself can have an effect on people but when music is influencing crime into their lyrics it becomes an interest and concern for society in general. During the past few decades, music has become increasingly explicit

In the early 80s in South Bronx, hip hop culture was created as a way people expressed themselves to make a statement of some sort of art form that was diffused within the local community without outside influences orally and through localization. Commercialization changed and evolved these cultures making the producers not equal the consumers; globalization diffused these cultures with mass communication with the media. Spatially, hip hop used to be concentrated within a local community and it spread

It is clear that our country 's criminal justice system is the new Jim Crow; with a huge majority of felons being African American, it is obvious that people of color have it harder when it comes to crime sentences. We must acknowledge that mass incarceration and the Jim Crow era are greatly similar. Minstrel shows, which showed black men to be lazy, dumb, and clownish, once justified the oppression of african americans. Many now believe that gangsta rap does just the same and is the modern day minstrel

The 1980s is known for wearing tie-dye, the start of global warming, and classic movies like the Goonies. But also developed throughout this decade was one of the most influential and popular music genres for many years to come: hip-hop. Hip-hop, or “rap” music, is a form of R&B, with rhythmic lyrics over stronger, faster, and bass booming beats. Like rock and roll, hip-hop music was born and established throughout the African-American culture. While white fans and supporters were not completely

Have you ever been listening to a popular song on the radio and heard the n-word? Should songs with this word be condemned or appreciated? Is it possible for the word to change meaning over time? The n-word’s use, began in the 1600s, as an insult to slaves of African descent, however, beginning with the rise of hip-hop in the 1980s its usage shifted towards a term of endearment among the descendents of the same people who had to endure it many years ago. While it originally was an insult, it has

Yee Yang ynjyang@ucdavis.edu CeeLo’s tune, “Fuck You,” presents a sonnet complexion combined with a soul dance beat. Although not bluntly visible, the song holds meaning towards how black cultures are read differently in American culture. “Fuck You” is representative of the visual event, struggles, and discourses of CeeLo’s music career. The freedom of expressing profanity for CeeLo celebrates not only his interpretation of soul, but of his multi-queer body. “Fuck You” represents CeeLo’s versatility

Cube is a Sci-Fi contemporary horror, which depicts a world where a group of individuals who mysteriously awake in a complex cube. In order to escape this massive cube, characters must work together in order to successfully guide themselves through the death defying traps implemented in designated rooms. The characters in the film are decidedly postmodern in the sense that they have no recognizable history amongst each other. Yet, there are several elements of fear highlighted throughout the film