"Hip Hop Generation" by Bakari Kitwana discuss the new generation and the relation between crime and hip hop. On the cover of this book it says, "Young blacks and the crisis in African American Culture." In Chapters 1-3 it talks about the race war between whites and blacks and the emergence of hip hop and the new generation. It begins with talking about the two biggest rappers in the 1990's, 2pac and Notorious B.I.G. and the effect they had on hip hop. They inspired other hip hop generationers to finish what they started. They go on to talk about the unemployment rate in the African American community. Black people never applied themselves when it comes to education; their either playing pro basketball or selling drugs and even when they go to college they still get low paying jobs because no one would consider hiring them. Blacks has been thought of inferior to whites for years. It is because of that that their were so amny riots throughout the 90's. Police beatings led to many of them. The police would beat on blacks for parking violations or just for no apparent reason. As a result, many hip hop generationers would start to kill or beat whites in riots. They were also cracking down on drugs but did nothing about the poverty situation. Blacks were taken to jail for suspection of drug possession and most of them didn't have any. The new hip hop generation faced many problems in the 90's: drugs, riots, poverty, education, police. These are only some of the problems that are in African American communities.
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Question:Do you think Hip Hop has an effect on crime in the streets? Explain your answer.
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Yes, I believe that hip-hop has an affect on crime in the streets; weather it be a good, or a bad effect, depends on the songs, and the message that songs conveys. If the songs is positively up lifting and glorifying the street life – killing innocent people, engaging in illegal activity, guns, lies, drugs, and my personal favorite, sex- then of course its going to have a negative effect (or a positive depending on your perspective).
ReplyDeleteIf the music is painting a picture, that it is a cool thing to act in such manner, and engage in such activity then it will only influence that kind of behavior. However the same thing can be said for hip-hop music that is about something positive, music that is up lifting and encourages a more civilize way of life.