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1.There is a widely held belief that the contemporary hip hop culture posses a threat to social norms. Do you believe that this is the case? Why or why not?
2.What was your personal definition/perception of Hip Hop? What is the history of Hip Hop’s origin, and how did the socioeconomic state of the South Bronx influence the birth of the Hip Hop Culture? How did the emergence of the Hip Hop Movement supplant violence significantly in the 1970's? What are the four core elements of Hip Hop? Were you aware that these core elements?
3.According to Ogbar, what was the twofold purpose of the minstrel? How has the commercialization of contemporary mainstream Hip Hop contributed to an atmosphere akin to the minstrel shows of the early 1900’s?
4.Watch the provided YouTube link in its entirety.
https://youtu.be/AHxaRM4BNwk (Explicit Lyrics)
Who was Stepin Fetchit? Is there a link between Fetchit’s performances, and the link provided of Bobby Shmurda’s audition for Epic Records?
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1. There is a widely held belief that contemporary hip-hop culture poses a threat to
social norms. Do you believe that this is the case? Why or why not?
No. Personally, I do not believe in the widely held belief that contemporary hip-hop
culture poses a threat to social norms. This is because, first of all hip-hop just like any other
culture impacts the society depending on how it is used or how it is reacted upon by the people
affiliated with the culture. Hip hop culture as we all know is centered around five major elements
which are knowledge, graffiti, breakdance, DJing, and MCing. The other three elements are selfexplanatory, but DJing and MCing involve the making of hip-hop music, ranging from
arrangement of words to the coming up of beats and then the real rapping of hip-hop songs.
These components have been embedded in the lives and actions of many Americans, if not
throughout the entire world. According to Rose (2017), 26.5% of total American songs come
from hip-hop culture. This is a huge percentage and it proves the impact the culture can have on
its followers.
Given the fact that hip-hop was formed in the 1970s as a result of combatting neglect,
violence, crime, exclusion, and racism as well as poverty experienced by the black people, it is
therefore evident that the culture was formed on a good course. Kitwana (2013) argues that hiphop culture basically values and embodies values of social justice, community, understanding,
and resilience. Because of this, I personally, therefore, believe that if people could presently use
the hip-hop culture to benefit the society and others in the society rather than manipulating it for
their own benefit, then the hip-hop culture would be doing more good than harm. I believe that
people have misused the culture and because this, a perception has been ...
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