McBride argues that hiphop has a negative influence on the current generation despite the focus on peace. McBride argues that hip hop has changed young and old people through the african american culture. McBride
It highlighted the need for equal rights and social justice
Like a Gemini, hip hop's personality has always been split into two. On one side you have a young, wild, & free, spirit that is looking for a place to party & bullshit. On the other side you have a conscious mind that is aware of it's surroundings, what's being said & done to it, & is mindful of how all these things & it's actions effect it. At it's best, hip hop is able to take both these sides & make music that entertains & educates it's listener, and upcoming hip hop artist, Eric Jamal, displays this tactic on his single "Both Parents (Mixed). "
Hip Hop is seen as something inspiring, but most people see it as a way to speak out the truth about a problem. As in “Hip Hop planet” being able say the truth can sometimes worsen any situation because sometimes what we say can promote violence and whatever happens after is not in our control. The essay is about how hip hop has changed into speaking out the issues that need to be taken care of in order to maintain a proper society. McBride talked about how rappers use violent lyrics to degrade women and gays and because of this it shows how the music has evolved into something entirely different that no one would have ever expected to have changed. In James McBride's essay “Hip Hop Planet,” he argues that hip hop has a negative influence on American Culture despite people thinking of it as inspirational and how people live through different experiences in life despite of your race.
Hip-hop culture has been the topic of various academic, social, and political discourses. Rap music, in particular, has made its way to mainstream media which is evident in the numerous films and movies that centers on what was once a part of an underground culture. Scholars explain that the popularity of hip-hop in both music and films are partly due to its potential to disseminate information, address an issue, and promote social change. Tinson and McBride (2013), for example, note that hip-hop is a “…form of critical education at the intersection of, and inseparable from political engagement” (1). Scholars further note that hip-hop’s current state “…requires frequent accounting of its engagement with the social, political, and cultural climate
Hip-hop has changed a lot since its first introduction into the world; Hip-hop was once looked at as an art form, nowadays some say it’s just a get rich quick scheme. When you look back at the history of it you would see how before people who rap had something to talk about either it was a current events or a life changing experience, But now people talk about the money they have and the thing they can buy and what not. If you ask me the art form is Gone. I think an artist like “Joey Badass” or “nas” still hold the trust essence of the art form Joey some say has brought a Sub-genres known as “Boom Bap” to the for front.
Hip-hop will continue to change, but it will also evolve. Not only is hip-hop one of the biggest economic resources we have learned that hip hop is also a way of life. Whether our society is a fan of hip-hop, hip-hop has influenced most of today's
With that said, it is not surprising that Hip-Hop has made such a huge impact on world-wide culture. In Jason Rodriquez’s article Color-Blind Ideology and the Cultural Appropriation of Hip-Hop the author states that Hip-Hop itself has been appropriated by the majority, this was done in order for the music to enter the mainstream and for the artists to make money(Rodriquez, 2006). This is simply untrue; many mainstream songs were directed against the majority. NWA, a legendary Hip-Hop group who recently got inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, created one of the most notorious songs of the 80s called “Fuck the police”. This song brings police brutality and various other racial conflicts such as the “Ghettos” into light.
In the 1970’s many things have happen the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, and economic recession. All had an impact on young people, particularly African Americans and Latinos. Hip-Hop began as a voice for the powerless and angry, artistically demonstrating the harsh reality of people/groups who were treated as outsiders. (“Hip-Hop & Politics › Hip-Hop Culture + Politics: Exploring the Narrative and Power of Rap Lyrics”)
Growing up on the 979, I always listen to my brother Tin (who never nguyens) listening hip hop/rap from artist like Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G. Listening to hip hop made me like the genre more and ended up listening to other artist such as Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A you know the good stuff. So I basically grew up listening to late 90’s early 2000’s hip-hop. But now I’ve noticed that hip-hop has gone from that storytelling express your feelings and emotions vibe to that Money, Sex, Hoes vibe.
What seems to us now as excessive violence and misogyny in hip hop stems from a culture that has been consumed in a continuous battle against social and economic oppression since its early days. In the beginnings of hip hop, there was an explosion of defiance against the subjugation these artists had to experience on a daily basis. For many artists, rapping about guns and gang life was a reflection of daily life in the ghettos and inner-city housing projects. Not only did rap provide an outlet to voice the struggles of black youth, it also gave them a sense of pride. Before major hip hop groups such as NWA arrived on the scene, people would refuse to admit they were even from Compton.
Hip Hop was the wildfire that started in the South Bronx and whose flames leapt up around the world crying out for change. James McBride’s Hip Hop Planet focuses on his personal interactions with the development of Hip Hop culture and his changing interpretations of the world wide movement. Many of his encounters and mentions in the text concern young black males and his writing follows an evolution in the representation of this specific social group. He initially portrays them as arrogant, poor, and uneducated but eventually develops their image to include the positive effects of their culture in an attempt to negate their historical misrepresentation.
The Impact of Hip-Hop Ever since its birth in the 1970s in West Bronx, Hip Hop has been known as “Gangsta” music and most commonly associated with black culture. Since its creation it has become a fast growing genre of music and has growing fame all over the world. The popularity of it has increased to all races, age and gender. However the growing popularity of hip hop has come with several controversies among scholars. Some scholars argue that the growing popularity of the genre is very helpful to low income families who can use this as their outlet into going to Universities, on the other side some believe associating the genre to black culture is bad for the culture as a whole and they should not be associated together.
Rap culture is not the same anymore. The culture is alternating into something wild. It commenced with inspiration into bragging on what they have. Old rappers use to have lyric talking about them changing the world around. We can’t even just say the culture change.
Subcultures are values and norms different from those of the majority and are held by a group within a wider society, these social groups are organized around shared interests and practices. A subculture is usually attached to clothes music and other visible fronts within the given community, that is part of the general society. Subcultures contain individuals who think alike who feel like they are not a part of the bigger culture of society and then create a sense of identity for themselves. The term Hip Hop is used as a subcultural movement. Scholars such as Carl and Virgil Taylor emphasize “Hip-Hop is not only a genre of music, but also a complex system of ideas, values and concepts that reflect newly emerging and ever-changing creative correlative expressive mechanisms including but not limited to song, poetry, film and fashion.”
