Zora Neale Hurston was one of the greatest African American in the early 1900s and was considered a revolutionist and writing and advancements for writing for Blacks. Hurston was a folklorist, anthropologist, and author. Her most prominent piece of work to date is her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, which profiles a woman named Janie in her journey from a shackled young woman to vibrant free-minded woman who faces many ordeals. Through her writing Hurston also published and essay known as The Characteristics of Negro Expression in which she breaks down the different forms in which Negroes express themselves through their different forms of artistic works. To fully understand these characteristics the gangsta rap group known as N.W.A, which