Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Effect of Hip Hop music on Black Culture
Alas, we have reached the end of a very interesting and rewarding African American History class. We have all, whether we admit it or not, altered our way looking at certain things in life. Our last discussion was about hip hop music (which most of us listen to). This post is addressing the affect of hip hop music on black culture. As we stated in class, most artists rap about what they have encountered in their lives. The reason I say "most", is because we just found out that Ice Cube was in art school when he started in write gansta rap. However, in modern times, many students have taken the music to heart and have been participating in violence. Therefore, many critics say that hip hop has a negative affect on black youth. Although approximately 75% of the rap and hip hop audience is nonblacks, blacks are the focus because of the high crime rights in the black community. Although this is true that there are high rates of crime in the black community, I don't think that hip hop music is the reason for the violence. The picture is much bigger than that which is another blog post. Hip Hop music has plenty of positive impacts which includes raising political awareness and exploiting the social injustices that exist in society. Hip Hop is one of the most influential music genres around the globe because of the audiences that it reaches.
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It is true that hip hop has a significant effect of the culture the United States. I believe that music is in fact the most influential source of media there is. Movies, TV, and newspaper are all influential but we encounter music much more often than these other sources of media. In the car, on our phones, walking through the mall; its everywhere. Therefore I do agree that hip hop is one of the most influential devices that exists. What is displayed and glorified in this extremely popular and powerful form of media is what concerns me. Popular artists have the power to influence not only race or the country, but the entire world. I believe that instead of promoting drugs and alcohol and partying, they should use their great power to make the world a better place. This is tough to do though, because the way you sell music is to rap about what the people want to hear, and whats popular in today's culture.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree. It is difficult for rap artists to rap about things that will better the world because it will not sale. Just like the example Professor McKinney used in class about Ice Cube rapping about what he did in art class. That album would not make any money. Hopefully in the near future, rap artists can find a way to portray their music in a more positive way.
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