Author Jeff Chang in his article, “It’s a Hip-Hop World”, has a very different perspective on global hip hop. After reading his article, one will conclude that Chang is rather awestruck from what hip hop has done for the world (Chang,). According to Chang, “thousands of organizers from Cape Town to Paris use hip-hop in their communities to address environmental justice, policing and prisons, media justice, and education” (Chang, 60). Within his article, Chang brings up a lot of examples like this. Examples that show how hip hop is being used in different locations to build each other and their communities up. Therefore, it is clear that Chang would describe global hip hop as helpful. It is helpful because it allows people to endorse certain