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The Negative Influence Of Rap On African American Society

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“Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative and original music.” - Missy Elliot. Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music, they will paint a picture in their head of black men cursing, guns, marijuana, lots of money, and girls looking like prostitutes. Hip hop is a well diverse genre; It came out of South Bronx, New York in the 1970’s. Rapping is a vocal style, in which the artist speak along with a beat or and instrument. Hip-hop has many different concepts; it has its own culture. Rap has a major impact on the African American society. It is a way that urban citizens can express themselves about what was going on in their life and how they felt. The South Bronx was a whirlpool of political, social, and economic upheaval in the years leading up to the inception of Hip-Hop. Rap music was first a cross-cultural product. Therefore, hip hop cultures and movements of the 1970’s through the 2000’s has a negative impact on …show more content…

Young African American teens listen to that and believe it is appropriate to speak in that manner. “The fact that “nigga” was distinct from “nigger” became a fairly standard defense of the hip-hop generation’s use of the word (particularly among black male intellectuals given to poststructuralist criticism), and while such defenses were justifiable, they proved to be out of touch with the concerns of the hip-hop generation itself. “ The use of “nigga” has so much power in society today and it reflects so much on what African Americans went through. Many citizens believe white people do not have the “right” to say the world because they believe it is negative so what's the difference between the black person and white. “ that "nigga does not mean black as much as it means being a product of the postindustrial ghetto" (210).” Many believe that the world “nigga” in the black community is use in a different way than how it is previously referenced to back in

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