... misunderstandings among the races (Silk and Silk 4). These misunderstandings become cultural biases that have originated from the media's ignorance and indecent portrayals. Several new hip-hop themed films and TV shows are recycling old stereotypes such as: Malibu's Most Wanted, Scary Movie, and HBO's Da Ali G Show. These movies ... towards the images of African-American men. Malibu's Most Wanted- with its stereotypically influenced plot of the hip-hop culture-features Jamie Kennedy as Brad Gluckman, a.k.a. B-Rad, as a privileged white kid who lives in Malibu with his parents. B-Rad has...

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... more unsocial behaviour. Violence can be expressed in the form of aggressive music however the lyrical context can play an even bigger role in how the audience reacts. For example hip-hop has always had a violent under tone to it. This is now being brought to the mainstreams eye with artists like Eminem and Dr Dre who have not only brought their ... violent music to the white mainstream but also brought their sub culture ideologies that have a negative effect on today's youth. The rise of hip-hop has affected today's society in a number of ways; firstly it has brought the working class ...

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... me back. Yeah, that's right, I have a dialect. I have a social dialect that if used in the wrong place at the wrong time will immediately classify me as being an uneducated, black, "hip-hop talking bad girl." But there is more to me than that. I speak to reveal the ideas and notions in my head. I speak to you so that you can understand me ... ...

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