... too. What makes those guys remarkable compared to others are their strength and choice of words, and their flow, or the melody, of their rhymes. I personally cant relate to the ghetto, guns, and all of that gangster stuff, so I dont listen to that genre all that much, but there are many elements people can pick up from the Hip Hop music ... shows character of each artist. Its definitely not just about claiming area by the gangs, and its not just about vandalizing other peoples property. People need to admit that New York City would not have its flavor that it has today without all of th...

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... too. What makes those guys remarkable compared to others are their strength and choice of words, and their flow, or the melody, of their rhymes. I personally cant relate to the ghetto, guns, and all of that gangster stuff, so I dont listen to that genre all that much, but there are many elements people can pick up from the Hip Hop music ... shows character of each artist. Its definitely not just about claiming area by the gangs, and its not just about vandalizing other peoples property. People need to admit that New York City would not have its flavor that it has today without all of th...

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... from existing records and mixing them up with poetry chronicling life in the neighborhoods. It started in the early 1970s in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx located in New York. Gifted teenagers with plenty of imagination began to forge this style from poetry and everyday life. Through television shows like BET's Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps and a succession of ... a beat. Hip-hop is a culture, a way of life for a society of people who identify, love and cherish rap, break dancing, DJ'ing and graffiti. Hip-Hop spilled out of the ghetto and became a popular form of music. From the hous...

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... is on the news or on TV it is because of some criminal behavior. On the other hand we have an organization like Hot 97's Hip-Hop symphony in New York City, these kids and young adults have spent their lives in poverty, but are trying to better their lives and their community by giving back. Rather than being out on ... , these kids are together inside practicing their respectful instruments (Hip-Hop Symphony). I know that if you have never been exposed to this it probably seems like a dream world for the "ghetto" children. It's not however. There are programs like this throughout the Uni...

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... may consider rap nothing but a bunch of jumbled up, scurrilous language meaning absolutely nothing. Others might hate country because of the messages they sing. During the early 70s, in New York's inner-city neighborhoods, of the Bronx and Brooklyn, mc's began rapping spoken rhymes about street life to the beat of dj-manipulated drum machines and turntables. In 1979, rap had ... " and street crime, and the Notorius B.I.G., with his bittersweet, dead-eye narratives of drugs and violence made the 90's a statement of how hard it was to grow up in the ghetto. The late 90's have seen the gang...

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