... with the messages of violence and prostitution but most of them would never take part in any of these activities. Underground hip-hop is the other form of hip-hop youth most identify with. I have not had too much participation in this form but I have noticed similarities and differences. ... change potential this form can offer. However, as a counter-culture, this form does have different ideas than do the hegemonic culture of mainstream hip-hop. Within this form, new hegemonic ideas are formed but they are of a different nature. Discourses in this form promote equality for all races ... ...

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... of the fear that African Americans had implemented on the other race. This fear that African American males implemented would only get worse as we into the late 1970s, with hip hop music. Although times had changed and the environment wasn't quite the same, "white vs black hatred" was beginning to reach an all-time high. Political as well as ... community violence was taking place along with crack epidemic. Hip hop music had a major impact on not only the black community but African American masculinity. This impacted African American masculinity by artists making music about the things...

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... about a certain culture. Everytime we watch TV or a movie, there is some sort of stereoype occuring.. Currently on the radio, I would hazard to guess that half the songs are in hip-hop style. The lyrics of these few songs often lead to negative stereotypes of blacks. ("It's getting hot in here...so take of all your clothes."- Nelly, a black male.) I also would ... be willing to bet songs such as that particular one mentioned here are purchased by non-black teenagers. This is not to say that all black songs are hip-hop, nor is it to say that all white songs are good, better, or even qual...

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... staple foods that fit with my cultural traditions, into a hairdresser's shop and find someone who can cut my hair. In my experience, music shop shelves are buried under piles of "Hip-Hop- or "Rap- music that supposedly represents the black subculture. White music, even if it could be defined as that, is what has the minority floor space. Besides, who ever labeled ... ...

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... down building under poor conditions. This gives out the image that all black people live in poverty. The movie "Belly", which takes places in New York, has a cast of black hip hop artists in which they will do everything and anything to get money. They sell drugs, rob clubs, and murder "niggas" just be happy. The use of the word "nigga" and ... ...

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... the gangsters because that's whats portrayed on the TV. That if you are black you have to act a certain way. You have to be a gangster, dress in name brand stuff hip-hop clothes and have to act a certain way. Black kids see this in magazines, TV and everyday life. And if you don't act or dress this way u are different and not ... ...

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... I noticed when I watched a show targeting African Americans the commercials and dialogue are completely different in what they are selling and what they are representing. For example on MTV, direct effect a hip hop show, will have a black news caster for the news "10 to the hour every hour" and for any other shows like real world there will be a clean cut white guy ... ...

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... be the same. There wouldn't be different types of food like pasta, pizza, or Chinese food. Nor would there be different styles of clothing or apparel. Take music for example. Hip Hop has opened new doors in society and has changed and linked people together of all types of different cultures. Attitudes on cultural diversity has changed a lot over the years and ... ...

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Study of Black Spending Power This article discusses how the advertising industry has changed. It's focused on more of the black people and the hip-hop culture. It also allows up to see how black people have grown as a unit. The number of black people on television and advertisements in recent years has increased. Companies continue ... ...

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... wearing a black-stripped shirt with very dark colored baggy jeans and a chain hangs down from his back pocket and attaches somewhere on the front of his pants. This gives him a hip-hop or gang type of look. Looking down at his feet, the viewer can see his Reebok classic shoes, which are white with black stripes. His being dressed in all dark ... ...

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... of her idle and illiterate kind." This is just an excerpt from the novel, but it displays a mind frame that regards the black women as little more than a warm body. A hip hop artist, Talib Kweli, rhymed "She lived from nigger to colored to Negro to black then African American and right back to nigger." The plight of the black women in a white ... ...

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... had a black president but we have had a black secretary of the State. Most white people drink beer at parties and black people drink liquor at parties. Black people listen to hip hop and rap music. White people listen to rock and country music. White people are wear clothes from Banana Republic and Liz Claiborne . Black people wear clothes from Phat Farm and ... ...

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