Hip-Hop's Importance Of Stereotypes In Hip Hop Culture

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Hip Hop’s importance of authenticity is linked to its representations of African American identity. White rap artists portraying their self as being African American. Should these white rap artists be accepted in the Hip Hop culture? The main concept of Hip Hop is rags to riches.
I believe authenticity within Hip Hop it threatens the culture if the rap artist can’t deliver. Two movies used the element of authenticity in the movie 8 mile and Malibu Most Wanted you see two white artists embracing the Hip Hop culture. In the movie 8 mile provided a slightly less twisted look into how a white rap artist balanced a frustrating working class lifestyle with a gift that burned inside of him. But in the movie Malibu Most Wanted provided a rich white