This week I wanted to examine hip-hop music and give it some meaning. To some hip-hop just seems like a blur of words, with no significant meaning except glorifying money and clothes, over fast beats. But to others hip-hop serves a purpose. And no matter what your reasons are for liking or disliking hip-hop its presence is felt.
I was online this weekend when I came across an essay by a student entitled My Hip-Hop Reality. In this essay, Richard Wallace writes about how hip-hop lyrics are applied to his everyday outlook on life. I found this interesting because he choose songs which people would usually give a negative connotation and gave them a positive meaning. I think this just shows the many ways rap music can be interpreted, and how it can impact one’s life.
In the study FROM THE FRINGE: THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS, R. Reese examines hip-hops’ impact on the economy and society. This study presents another positive view on the hip-hop culture. It outlines many arguments for hip-hop including the argument that the hip hop culture that it encourages corporations to recruit a diverse cadre of individuals.
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