music to my ears - how hip hop created such a violent but resilient culture

I have a dream, No Justice No Peace. Sound familiar. Today we open so many holes in the ground for the young African American souls robbed of their lives because of senseless violence. The piercing sounds of the sorrowful cries of the grieving mothers ring out into the air. Outside of all of that if you stop in the middle of an urban neighborhood and listen beyond the noise you can hear the heartbeat, hip hop. From the sugarhill gang starting us off in 1979 with “Rappers Delight” to artists like Drake, Young Thug and Kanye leading us today. Rap has changed drastically, some for the better others for the worst regardless, still influencing our young African American minds. When times are tough we go to music for advice and sometimes that advice, costs s our life. But rap isn’t all bad. The fierce rhymes and sick beats that get you moving your feet. The lyrics don’t lie and there are so many different varieties. From the grimy drill rap with chief keef bragging the grim life on the southside of Chicago to commons inspirational rapping in” glory “that urges black people not to sit down but to stand up for our rights. It also h I have a dream, No Justice No Peace. Sound familiar. Today we open so many holes in the ground for the young African American souls robbed of their lives because of senseless violence. The piercing sounds of the sorrowful cries of the grieving mothers ring out into the air. Outside of all of that if you stop in the middle of an urban neighborhood and listen beyond the noise you can hear the heartbeat, hip hop. From the sugarhill gang starting us off in 1979 with “Rappers Delight” to artists like Drake, Young Thug and Kanye leading us today. Rap has changed drastically, some for the better others for the worst regardless, still influencing our young African American minds. When times are tough we go to music for advice and sometimes that advice, costs s our life. But rap isn’t all bad. The fierce rhymes and sick beats that get you moving your feet. The lyrics don’t lie and there are so many different varieties. From the grimy drill rap with chief keef bragging the grim life on the southside of Chicago to commons inspirational rapping in” glory “that urges black people not to sit down but to stand up for our rights. It also helped spawn an entire new culture and movement. #BLACKLIVESMATTER. Hip hop is a staple in black culture. Inspiring everything from our hair to our clothes. It teaches us that yes,, we African Americans have the short end of the stick but that don’t mean we can’t stand up for our rights because we human too. Even though rappers aren’t the most ideal people to look up to, sometimes that’s all young black people have. I believe that somewhere deep down inside it gives them the hope that one day, they can make it out the hood and be somebody, not just some baby daddy living off the system. From tupac to keef, ra runs deep in urban black america.

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