"Statistics regarding gun homicide, suicide, and aids among young blacks in the 1980's 1990's provide a clear picture of the state of the hip hop generation"
This really does portray rap to be negative as the use of many bad listed situations are related to rap really does make audiences think that rap is very dangerous and this would lead to many people to stop listening to hip hop and downgrade hip hop in all.
"I want to suggest that today nation-conscious rappers draw their inspiration primarily from the black power movements of the 1960's"
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/466354?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102950734357
This is really interesting as this portrays hip hop to almost be a strong point for black people improving their role in society as many rappers primarily inspire their lyrics from the days when black people had no power and really does show that hip hop is trying to promote their lyrics so well that black people can have a higher role in society.
"In his discussion of Canadian, Dutch, and French rap Adam Krims (2000) noted the prevailing image of African-American hip hop as 'real' hip hop" 1st page
This is a huge positive for american hip hop as they are represented for being 'real', and this really does challenge the negative stereotypes as the uses of them being real could apply to audiences that hip hop is poetry itself and trying to be real to the world to stand up for what they think is right.
"The lyrics of the song are uplifting, especially for mothers struggling with the
burden of raising a child in a single parent household. Shakur spoke from
experience, the “product of a single parent home,” he often wrote about the
bitterness he felt about growing up without a father"
"Articles written about Tupac before and
after his murder rarely mentioned any of the positive political and social
messages in his songs"
The Guardian, Bennum (1996, September 16) reported,
“Although he sold millions of records in the United States, in this country
[England] he will be better remembered for his violent life and many run-ins
with the police” (p. 14)
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/466354?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102950734357
This is really interesting as this portrays hip hop to almost be a strong point for black people improving their role in society as many rappers primarily inspire their lyrics from the days when black people had no power and really does show that hip hop is trying to promote their lyrics so well that black people can have a higher role in society.
"In his discussion of Canadian, Dutch, and French rap Adam Krims (2000) noted the prevailing image of African-American hip hop as 'real' hip hop" 1st page
This is a huge positive for american hip hop as they are represented for being 'real', and this really does challenge the negative stereotypes as the uses of them being real could apply to audiences that hip hop is poetry itself and trying to be real to the world to stand up for what they think is right.
"The lyrics of the song are uplifting, especially for mothers struggling with the
burden of raising a child in a single parent household. Shakur spoke from
experience, the “product of a single parent home,” he often wrote about the
bitterness he felt about growing up without a father"
"Articles written about Tupac before and
after his murder rarely mentioned any of the positive political and social
messages in his songs"
The Guardian, Bennum (1996, September 16) reported,
“Although he sold millions of records in the United States, in this country
[England] he will be better remembered for his violent life and many run-ins
with the police” (p. 14)
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