Hip hop

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Hip Hop Sierra Drake, Lynndsay O’Neill

Entertainment

Resist racial and economic oppression

Raise awareness of social issues

Give rise to and provoke change among the community

Provide an escape and allows for expression of thoughts and feelings

Purpose of Hip Hop

One global community with its own language, culture and history, signs and anthem

a nation that hip hop artists became proud to be apart of

Some say that it was just as much a nation as any other that can be found on the map

“Hip Hop Nation”

Commercial record industry

Celebrities

Fame

Can get materialistic

Underground

Alternative, locally based voice

Los Angeles workshop Project Blowed

Two forms of hip hop

Negatives:

Can advocate or influence violence

Glamorizes the thug or gangster life

Cause negative stereotypes

Project hypersexualityand subjectification of women

Materialistic

Positives/Negatives of hip hop

Social Issues: US and Abroad

The 90’s were a time in America where racial and social issues were fought through the use of Hip Hop

Abroad other social issues were also expressed through Hip Hop

Conferences were held to help mobilize youth and deal with these social issues

Not limited to african american males

Women have made their way up in hip hop

Missy ElliotEminemMacklemore

Positives:

Hip Hop and Social Change Conference 2003

National Hip Hop political convention 2004

Citizen Change encouraging voting for youth

Benefit concerts

Positives/Negatives of hip hop

Sean Combs, Tyson Beckford

Economic Development

Hip Hop has created an international industry Western Hip Hop music has dominated over seas

industries having held a 60% market share Music, clothing, shoes, accessories, electronics have all

been endorsed through hip hop artists Inspiration through music has led to an increase in

youth entrepreneurships Since the beginning tremendous amounts of profit

have been generated.

Racism Tupac- changes talked about the hate in our society and the corruption that

needs to change: “I see no changes, all I see is racist faces/ Misplaced hate makes disgrace for races.”

Sexism Tupac’s song Keep Ya Head Up talks about disrespect that men

have for women and leaving mothers to raise children on their own

Unfortunately this is still an issue we have today and probably will for some time

Violence Black eyed peas- where is the love? Talks about violence around the world and people needing to

find the love inside of them instead of hating each other and being racist

Homophobia Macklemore- same love

Social issues addressed in specific songs

Keep Ya Head Up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXwmDGJAB8

Changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay31hvEvrY

Where is the Love?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc

Same Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0

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