Cameron White
First off I just want to say that I really enjoyed the panel discussion and what professor Pate and Melissa Rivere’s ideas on Hip-Hop. Before last weeks class I perceived Rap and Hip-Hop as the same thing, but I soon realized that they are not the same. Professor Pate explained that Hip-Hop is meant to bring people together while Rap on the other hand lyrically talks about murder, policy brutality, and racial tension.
Hip-Hop is growing in popularity it today’s society because it is about bring people closer together rather then promoting violence like rap. Hip-Hop is may not seem to be as popular because each generation change the vibe of the music. In the article Hip-Hop Chaos in Context talks about how Hip-Hop has been considered to be dead, but really it is because “there is a tension between the youth culture and the formerly youth culture� (Thill).
Hip-Hop is more then just a genre music, it brings people together for the great good of society