1. The Corporate Assault on Hip Hop
This paper will explore the corporate greed that has plagued hip-hop ever since it became a billion dollar a year industry. ... While establishing themselves in the industry, they wore baggy clothing and closely associated with street culture. ... " (Rose 1994:40) When hip-hop culture was becoming commercialized, the artistic elements were de-emphasized while the aspects of attitudes, styles, language, and fashions became the major representations of hip hop culture. When these fashions, attitudes, and verbal language became narrowly associated with the negative topics previously discusse...
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