Music Crushes Racial Boundarie

             Music Crushes Racial Boundaries
             Hip-Hop music better known as Rap music was the most popular influential and controversial form of black and Latino music to emerge in the Bronx in the early 1970s. In this sense Rap music entered into American culture as a new vocabulary expression that people have started to use to communicate with a great success. The simplicity of Hip hop music drew criticism about its credibility as a true musical form and its harsh language and graphical content fueled the flames of social criticism. Music has a connection to race in a way that has affected society. The role of white rappers (Eminem), has changed Hip-Hop today from a form of black music to one that is quickly becoming inter-racial. Rappers like Eminem are beginning to show the world that Hip-Hop is not just for African-American people. Eminem has helped this cultural transformation by bringing so called "outcast" into the mainstream. He has done this by describing his own life struggles through his music and the teenagers related to him.
             Eminem who won a Grammy Award, is a white rapper who has a strong influence in rap music. He has started a revolution. Because he has changed some rules in the rap game and his work is superb as many critics have said. All his lyrics have to do with the
             world of the white underclass that he comes from, a world that is supposed not to exist. Many people were used to commercial rappers with big chains talking about material things like money, cars, big diamonds, etc. Unlike these people, Eminem is one of the rare rappers to show up on stage with great simplicity; he does not use or need the external values to seduce his public; he just performs by himself and his lyrics. Eminem is certainly the first in the rap game to expose him the way he does. His songs tell his story, his true feelings, his life, and this is why he has been so successful with his fans (Eminem sold more ...

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