This You-Tube Video is a great representation of this article. I was able to pull out quite a few quotes that relate to this controversy between hip-hop, media, and socialization in relevance to how the rich become richer while the poor stay poor because they are not heard but instead looked at as a money maker to society. At first, hip-hop helped the Black Community voice themselves in trying to pull themselves out of poverty. Somehow along the line this has changed.If you would like to see the rest of the parts of the video you can visit the site ( I would highly recommend this to you because it is so interesting) at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pCHZUd-jS4
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This is very new to me. I didnt know that peopls saw Lil Wayne & Jay Z as sell outs. I found it interesting that Tupac said that artist are raping the communities they were once a part of and therefore; they should give back. That analogy is very strong because you realize that these artist are just human beings who are striving for wealth. While others watch and idolize them, their music and what we think they stand for.
ReplyDeletei loved the quote from the pope of free masonry about giving communities their heros, i didnt think about it that way and it makes the reading easier to understand when you think about the rap idols as heros given to the black community to keep them going, but really all along these rap idols are just puppets for the big men in power
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