Have African Americans in the 21st century established a trend that can be seen throughout a person's everyday life? I would say yes, and the most popular of trends is found in the music industry of today. Now what makes a trend, a trend is defined as "The relatively constant movement of a variable throughout a period of time. The period may be short-term or long-term, depending upon whether the trend itself is short-term or long-term. For example, a rising market is taken to mean that prices of most stocks are in an upward trend" (Dictionary). Most famous rappers are African American and every day they are judged and watched by millions of people on TV, and some of their habits/styles might be viewed by others as cool, thus leading that person to imitate what they see their icon doing. What are the trends that have some people emptying their bank account just to look cool? They could be the addition of chrome rims or spinners to one's car. Another trend that was first established by African Americans in the music industry is the wearing of what is known as platinum jewelry.
             Music has been around for centuries, but probably the music that has had the greatest influence on people, young and old has to be the rap/hip-hop industry. Rap has been around since the 1980s and since then many rappers have achieved the establishment of a trend in today's society. Back in the 1980's African Americans that were in the music industry weren't too flashy as today's artists, but without even realizing it, they started some trends that still exist today. One of those trends was the wearing of flashy and expensive jewelry. Now the jewelry known as platinum wasn't exactly very popular back then. In fact, some people might say that gold was the thing that was considered "in." Gold chains, rings, and earrings were worn by most rappers while performing in music videos, concerts, or on TV shows. Everyone knows that those certain items didn't cost as muc...