Hip Hop in Politics?

I want to stray away from my regular "this is what we did in class today" structure this week and deal with different things that Hip Hop has influenced. I missed the first day of class, and in looking at my classmates blog I'm not sure I've been doing this right. But, nevertheless it is never too late!

So I found this video on youtube

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It baffles me how much they blame every negative thing happening in America on Hip Hop. These things were happening before Hip Hop.

Stealing didn't start with Hip Hop. C.E.O's of major companies steal all the time, and they're promoted not seen as the reason for a whole "lost generation"

Hip Hop is a form of expression. It has been here since before blacks were aloud to speak their feelings. So instead of risking being caught and whipped, lynched, or hung, we wrote a song to explain the feeling we have.

Hip Hop is an outlet.

Not a threat to humanity.

If anything Congress needs to team up with these artist and admit their influence so that they can make our communities better.