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African American Sub-Culture: Hip-Pop Or Rap Music

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The previous section of this write-up is to properly introduce the personalities forming in to subculture groups. Subcultures are made up of a varied combination of smaller subgroups, each with its own take on styles and culture. These groups differentiate themselves from one another through differences in dress, music and attitude. Some of these groups are unfriendly towards one another, and there is widespread discrepancy within whether or not some are even part of the larger subculture. There are frequent subculture fighting among each other, because of their social standards. Depending on the persons who are involved in a subgroup, some parts are tangled to specific regional or local scenes. These subcultures are characterized by others, …show more content…

Hip-pop or Rap music has emerged as one of the most distinctive and controversial music genres of the past few decades. In this cultural context, rap provides a voice to the voiceless, a form of protest to the oppressed, and a mode of alternative cultural style and identity to the marginalized. It is an informational medium to tune into, one that describes the rage of African-Americans facing growing oppression, declining opportunities for advancement, changing moods on the streets, and everyday life as a matter of sheer …show more content…

Thereafter these beats were joined with rhythmic style of singing which was termed as Rapping. With this hip-pop musical art, a new culture of dancing was originated which is called Breakdancing or B-boying. Another important outcome of hip-pop music is the Graffiti Art which integrated the elements of culture in a visually-stimulating manner. Later hip-pop culture has given a redefinition to Graffiti Art and created a distinctive visual style most the wild-style of writing with bubble letters.

Whilst the breakdancing is viewed as the physical appearance, the graffiti art is viewed as the visual appearance of hip-pop culture. In 1980s, brightly coloured track suits emerged as urban hip-pop fashion. Later on I believe Hip hop subculture has changed and progressed towards decorative environment with originators like Pharell, Kanye West, Jay Z and Usher and differentiating attire of hip hop with ties, fedora hatsand sharp black suits.

Due to evolution and varieties of hip-hop fashion over the time, it is very hard to generalize and define the unique patters. Some fashion clothing of hip-pop can be defined

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