How Has Hip Hop Changed America
Hip Hop has had an inundating influence on the black community in America, as well as society holistically. Hip Hop is more than music, Hip Hop is a culture. Over the past three decades, Hip Hop has influenced and uplifted America, verbalizing up for generations and providing a voice to a group of people endeavoring to distribute a message. However Hip Hop does have some major imperfections. The relationship between rap music and women has always been a tricky one to digest. Although misogyny and homophobia has plagued rap culture throughout its existence, hip-hop has changed American’s way of life. The late twentieth century, often simply referred to as ‘the nineties’ marked extensive gregarious transmutations in American history and social
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“More than simply entertainment, hip hop is a major part of contemporary identity circuits –networks of philosophies and aesthetics based on blackness, poverty, violence, power, resistance, and capitalist accumulation” (Pardue 674). Music has been a potent technique for engendering convivial vigilance throughout American history. Music simultaneously reflects trends, ideals, conditions in society, and inspires attitudinal progression and convivial change. Despite heavy debate whether or not Hip Hop is regarded to have the ability to empower a nation, the fact remains that Hip Hop culture has truly influenced Americans nation wide. Hip Hop culture stands as a poignant and historically consequential factor of society as it represents a reflection of socio-political woes and widespread sentiment of traditionally marginalized and oppressed communities. Hip Hop will always provide a voice to a group of people endeavoring to send a message. For many generations to come, Hip Hop will influence and uplift
“More than simply entertainment, hip hop is a major part of contemporary identity circuits –networks of philosophies and aesthetics based on blackness, poverty, violence, power, resistance, and capitalist accumulation” (Pardue 674). Music has been a potent technique for engendering convivial vigilance throughout American history. Music simultaneously reflects trends, ideals, conditions in society, and inspires attitudinal progression and convivial change. Despite heavy debate whether or not Hip Hop is regarded to have the ability to empower a nation, the fact remains that Hip Hop culture has truly influenced Americans nation wide. Hip Hop culture stands as a poignant and historically consequential factor of society as it represents a reflection of socio-political woes and widespread sentiment of traditionally marginalized and oppressed communities. Hip Hop will always provide a voice to a group of people endeavoring to send a message. For many generations to come, Hip Hop will influence and uplift