... how much attention the wife was getting it is certainly not all the attention needed. In Jeff Chang's article, "It's a Hip Hop World, " he states that hip-hop is a way of life that can be influenced by many different cultures around the world. He also says that it allows the youth ... origins. In a culture where their music has changed very little, country was heavily impacted by the song's brave hip-hop participation. I believe that the song as participation in hip-hop is using the cultures need for change in its favor. People everywhere love country music, but this song exposed people...

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... life is tough (1991). Rap music certainly falls into the category of popular culture but has quite a bit of significance. In fact, rap music or hip-hop, is a genre that originated in the seventies in New York City (Columbia, 1993). The term rap emanated from sixties lingo, the word "rap" meaning ... MTV. Understanding the roots of rap music will help in understanding its significance. Part of the reason for delving into the history is because hip-hop and rap is generally associated with African Americans but the roots of the genre did not originate in the black community. Also, rap spra...

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... and goals arise with the wide gulf of generations in the black community. Older Americans continue to be separated from the growing hip-hop culture, and they, along with the hip-hop community, have not yet learned how to deal with this separation. Music is one of the largest rifts between the civil rights ... generation and the hip-hop generation. An increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in modern music reflects the increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in the ... no remorse, conviction, or thought of being inappropriate and inconsiderate. Goals have changed considerably with th...

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... the current crop of MTV-pushed artists. Imagine straight-edge bands dominating the Billboard charts! Woah! It boggles the mind. But hey, weirder things have happened. Mr. T had a hit record. 6) Hip-Hop reverts to its previous state of awareness and excellence. Now, this is a totally opinionated judgement call, so feel free to disagree - but when P. Diddy "invented the remix" he basically killed ... everything positive about hip-hop in the early 90s. Public Enemy, Arrested Development, De la Soul, Leaders of the New School... you name it, these bands either self-destructed or became pass...

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... to protest things like war and political issues for example the environment. America was in an uproar and music played a key part. The nineties began the advance of Hip-Hop, Rap and Pop music. In a culture of fast pace "dog eat dog" type attitudes many new music styles came about. People became inspired to branch out ... their own kinds of music and dance. Dance clubs and electronic music began to make their way on to the scenen. A vast new kind of music called Rap/Hip-Hop made a huge impact on the culture of America. The words and behavior of rap reflect a way of life, an attitude or a "...

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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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... most schools offer a comparative religion class, and also, where Los Angeles teaches 82 different languagues. The exchange can also, for example, be found in our music, where much of the hip-hop genre has taken a Middle Eastern/Indian influence. With these simple and everyday examples, the global village brings more tolerance of other cultures and interdependence. Some negatives of the global village ... ...

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... of their group. But some words that would be labeled as Ebonics have a huge impact on popular culture. This is because lots of those words are used in rap and hip-hop music which a lot of people listen to. So they start to use what they hear in the music, this is called convergence. Many words have been introduced to me that ... ...

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