GLOBALIZATION TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL CHANGE
HIp-Hop and the world
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Hip Hop as a culture , has been one that has been loved or hated, from the FBI and suburban parents disliking the rap group “N.W.A.” to The former president of the united states inviting the top tier of rappers to the white house. This webpage will share the history of Hip-hop/rap and discuss how it went from an activity done in house parties in the bronx to becoming mainstream. And how it's become into a major player in the music business globally.
Jay-z and Kanye West on the "Watch The Throne" tour in Dublin https://www.goldenplec.com/review-watch-the-throne-dublin-jay-z-and-kanye-west/ ( Accessed 20171213
Shakespeare said when words fail, Music speaks, undoubtedly music has no boundaries and people love to listen to what is new in this field. When we talk about hip hop, and start from the past till date it is easily observed that hip hop ranges out in every direction. The earliest of all form of hip hop dance was invented in 1920s that also includes the Jamaican dancehall toasting period of the 50s and 60s. It blew out to the last poets Muhammad Ali and Gil Scott-Heron who offered poem over the beats exactly the same way that is being done in the modern era by Rakim, The Notorious and Big Daddy Kane. A Cotton Club performer, Earl Tucker first invented a dance in 1925 that resemble today’s hip hop steps. He included lifts and shots into his dance. The same dances with more modifications entered in the hip hop culture called breakdance and in 1940, Thomas Wong used a booming sound to make his audience enjoy more.
With a passage of time, hip hop was completely transformed into a culture that could not be overlooked, exclusively when people started following its styles. People started taking advantages from it and sooner it became a money-making industry. The rap music and hip hop was introduced to the clubs in the 1990s that replaced disco and other mess. In order to be with the trend clubs and bars adopted hip hop as people were more willing to listen to them. As hip hop spread across the clubs and bars there arouse an impression as if it was created just for them. With artists like Vanilla Ice putting out one of the catchiest and best selling songs “Ice Ice Baby “ has gone Gold in 7 countries , including going platinum In the United states , United kingdom and Australia.
With a passage of time, hip hop was completely transformed into a culture that could not be overlooked, exclusively when people started following its styles. People started taking advantages from it and sooner it became a money-making industry. The rap music and hip hop was introduced to the clubs in the 1990s that replaced disco and other mess. In order to be with the trend clubs and bars adopted hip hop as people were more willing to listen to them. As hip hop spread across the clubs and bars there arouse an impression as if it was created just for them. With artists like Vanilla Ice putting out one of the catchiest and best selling songs “Ice Ice Baby “ has gone Gold in 7 countries , including going platinum In the United states , United kingdom and Australia.
The word hip hop was initially recognized by a rapper Space Cowboy in the 1970s and today this term includes four components and they are:
- Deejaying: It refers to the handling of prerecorded music.
- Breakdance: It includes rap songs.
- Emceeing: It points to the vocalizing that includes hosting or compering etc.
- Grafitti: It includes the visual arts such as making videos etc.
Music is a reflection of communal modification. Basically it creates new approaches and reproduces the actuality of an era. In today’s era, the influence of hip hop culture is very obvious as part of American culture. The influence can be seen the way the youth dresses up, walk, talk and work shows their inspiration towards the rappers. Language and words used in songs become more common and are found in everyone’s language. Since it is a fact that language is the product of society that’s why when a society undergoes some modifications the language goes through the same. The English language spoken in the past has been altered by hip hop terminologies that rebound the variety of a culture that is changing continuously.
Today, the old hip hop stars have become the pop stars and are highly admired by the new generation. People want to read about them and about their personal lives. The social media feeds are entirely covered by their names. Rappers have become so famous that they become the brand ambassador of many brands and their also found on the cover of brands like GQ and Vogue etc. They are the people whose tweets are recommended and highlighted. In addition to that, they are the people who make the new generation to sit and think to whom they should vote for the upcoming election. It has become very common that the hip hop songs are not only restricted to the youth but they are heard and followed by the majority and undoubtedly hip hop has exceeded all the cultural, tribal, moral, geographical and social limitations.
Today, the old hip hop stars have become the pop stars and are highly admired by the new generation. People want to read about them and about their personal lives. The social media feeds are entirely covered by their names. Rappers have become so famous that they become the brand ambassador of many brands and their also found on the cover of brands like GQ and Vogue etc. They are the people whose tweets are recommended and highlighted. In addition to that, they are the people who make the new generation to sit and think to whom they should vote for the upcoming election. It has become very common that the hip hop songs are not only restricted to the youth but they are heard and followed by the majority and undoubtedly hip hop has exceeded all the cultural, tribal, moral, geographical and social limitations.
Dreamville Crew in Melbourne Australia ( J.Cole and his team)https://www.instagram.com/p/BcaRgr9laGt/?hl=en&taken-by=dreamville
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Air Radio, Fresh . “DJ and hip-Hop forefather Grandmaster Flash.” NPR, NPR, 26 Dec. 2002, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=889654
Balram, Dhruva. “How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture.” HotNewHipHop, HotNewHipHop, 22 Mar.
2014, www.hotnewhiphop.com/how-hip-hop-has-permeated-pop-culture-news.9854.html.
Blandchard, Becky. “The Social Significance of Rap & Hip-Hop Culture.” THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
RAP & HIP-HOP CULTURE -Poverty & Prejudice: Media and Race, web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/mediarace/socialsignificance.htm
Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart.” Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017, www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100.
Sandler, Eric. “Rakim: In the Vein of John Coltrane.” Okayplayer, Revive- Music, 25 Apr. 2013, revive-music.com/2013/04/25/rakim-in-the-vein-of-john-coltrane/.
Simon, Scott. “Hip Hop: Today's Civil Rights Movement?” NPR, NPR, 1 Mar. 2003, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1178621.
Xxlstaff. “The 1990s in Hip-Hop: By The Numbers - XXL.” XXL Mag, 20 June 2011, www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/06/the-1990s-in-hip-hop-by-the-numbers/.