Hip-Hop's Culture
Eminem, Dr. Dre, Nas, Eve, Missy Elliot, Tribe Called Quest, these are all known
for their best flows and culture beat of Hip-Hop. But how can we define Hip-Hop?. In
the early 90's Hip-Hop began to rise, and its popularity became more big as early
hip-hoppers brought the country to its feet from its unique beats and it's possessive lyrics.
Most songs in the early Hip-Hop days were about simple lives of different people, going
through a rough time, or hanging out with the homes. But as we can see and hear,
Hip-Hop has become more widely known for it's indecent and powerful lyrics that
explain more of violence, sex, and drug theme. There are 3 main reasons why I think
Hip-Hop has changed in a more cruel and negative way in the past 10 years.
One is, how Rap and Hip-Hop music videos show a great amount of violence and
sexual scenes towards each other, especially when it comes to race and sex. Women in
videos, like; Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up", represent them in a "whore" matter, which
show young women in thongs, very tight and short, and sensual clothing. Also more sex
or rape is shown videos, like; Three Six Mafia's "Tear Da Club Up". In the early
Hip-Hop
years we saw videos of how homeboys hang out together, their simple of difficult lives,
and their pimping situations. If a child sees these views from a rappers views and it's
lyrics, the child will have a greater chance to grow up to be violent or aggressive with in
his life and others.
The other is, how the Hip-Hop groups or solos represent their hate or/and believes
through their names. For example, Ghost Face Killah, Bounty Killa, and Masta Killa.
These names represent hate through killing and other through disctruction and drugs in
their lives. Not only some of these show negative influence through their names...