Hip Hop

Is Hip-Hop Really That "Hip"? The music genre defined as hip-hop, or rap, has been gaining a lot of attention over the past twenty years. In their articles, J. Victoria Sanders (Horizon), Allison Samuels, N'Gai Croal, David Gates( Newsweek), and an unknown author (Time), discuss the changing faces of hip-hop and its effects on today's society. One specific aspect of hip-hop music that all of the writers agree on is that the references to sex, …

…only is this depiction of hip-hop bad for the children, but for the black rappers as well. "The endorsement of thugs is white people's fantasy of what they want us to be." The blame is everywhere. Harris 3 Bibliography Works Cited "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Time 29 May 2000. Online. 10 Oct. 2000. Croal, N'Gai, David Gates, and Allison Samuels. "Battle for the Soul of Hip-Hop." Newsweek Oct. 2000. Online. 10 Oct. 2000. Sanders, J. Victoria. "The Black Princess?" Horizon 1998. Online. 10 Oct. 2000.