The major idea or perspective that American hip-hop and rap is trying to expose, is the oppression African Americans and other minorities face on a day to day basis. Hip-hop’s growth caused the idea of fighting back against the oppressor a reality. Rappers in the 90s took the ideas and were inspired by the original rappers in the 70s and used it to fight against their common oppressor, their society. For example, when N.W.A. said “F*ck the police” , the decision of making and performing a song about racial based police was a huge controversial event. The performance of this song aided the formation of many protests against racial based police brutality, the rappers aided their community to come together and fight against social injustice. But it does not stop here, throughout the history of Hip-hop many “SPC”(Socially and Politically Conscious) rappers use their platform of music production to “ [articulate] the post-civil rights generation’s ideas and response to poverty, drugs, police brutality, and other racial and class inequities of the postindustrial [United States] society”. Hip-hop was birthed by the youth community living with oppression and is now a tool used by the youth living with oppression to fight against their
The major idea or perspective that American hip-hop and rap is trying to expose, is the oppression African Americans and other minorities face on a day to day basis. Hip-hop’s growth caused the idea of fighting back against the oppressor a reality. Rappers in the 90s took the ideas and were inspired by the original rappers in the 70s and used it to fight against their common oppressor, their society. For example, when N.W.A. said “F*ck the police” , the decision of making and performing a song about racial based police was a huge controversial event. The performance of this song aided the formation of many protests against racial based police brutality, the rappers aided their community to come together and fight against social injustice. But it does not stop here, throughout the history of Hip-hop many “SPC”(Socially and Politically Conscious) rappers use their platform of music production to “ [articulate] the post-civil rights generation’s ideas and response to poverty, drugs, police brutality, and other racial and class inequities of the postindustrial [United States] society”. Hip-hop was birthed by the youth community living with oppression and is now a tool used by the youth living with oppression to fight against their