The Influence of Hip Hop Music in the United States and Around the World
Hip hop culture provides an outlet for inner city youth who are struggling with poverty, drugs and gang violence. The music‘s values foster community cohesion, peace and unity. Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 track “Rapper’s Delight” introduced an unsuspecting nation to rap. Subsequent MCs and rappers developed personae as cool, macho or tough; boasting about their skills […]
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