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Rap Music and Hip Pop Culture

It was not deemed music at all. This was, instead, only a fad. This was unnecessarily

risky later. Corporations were wilting under pressure and declined to do anything with it. Also, it

was considered a security risk, a responsibility while making reservations for concerts (Baker,

2019). Today, nearly all Tarnish has also been swept away through unyielding tides of

popularity, as rap music, as well as hip-hop music culture, has come along to shape among the

most important cultural revolutions of the past 50. Established in the 1970s, the artistic

juggernaut experienced a sustained creative boom in the 1980s, appeared as a scapegoat which

bestseller throughout the 1990s, and penetrated the pop-culture debate during the '2000s (Baker,

2019). This century started gloriously, with Drake as well as Nicki Minaj's significant label

debuts from 2010, two celebrities whose beauty shines bright nowadays. Those songs, plus 2011

through 2012 launches featuring JAY-Z as well as Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, A$ AP

Rocky including Meek Mill, predicted who might rule (as well as what kind of artist) over the

following part the century. While there have been other, broader milestones to remember in

addition to new releases of rap albums, which until 1991 have consistently appeared on the

Billboard charts at position 1 (Baker, 2019). Quick on to 2012. Rap icon LL Cool J started five

years as a Grammys moderator. Gatekeepers had so embraced rap throughout his tenure, which

Kendrick Lamar received 11 awards for his 2015 record For Pimp a Butterfly. Once the beloved

album was losing against Taylor Swift's 1989, the backlash was enormous, offering the usual

allegations of racial injustice but also including pundits who believed Lamar's endeavor would

have earned while he had been a more excellent work of art compared Swift's. This is how rap

became viewed by gatekeepers throughout the entertainment industry, who sometimes kept
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rapper courts for their prizes as well as acknowledged among the most admired musicians of rap

as making one of the most excellent music.

Hip Hop culture might be shared in four basics, rapping graffiti, disk joker, as well as

break-dancing. These four fundamentals are the essential portion of how hip-hop has come to be

defined and how it is prevalent in present-day culture. When reviewing hip-hop, I will look at the

history of these four elements, how they developed, and how they are a part of popular culture

(Baker, 2019).

The rapping element of this culture is born out of the modernization and combination of

music styles like jazz, funk, and blues. The art of rapping began with simple rhyming schemes

produced over beats. It evolved into sending messages to the listener, and some words were

political as with artists like Grandmaster flash and 'The Message," a chilling tale about inner-city

life. Rapping was also an outlet to show fun times, as illustrated by early artists such as 'Rappers

Delight' by the Sugar Hill Gang (Baker, 2019).

Rapping was made famous through avenues such as TV and Radio. A monumental step

in introducing rap into popular culture was the show Yo! MTV Raps. This show was significant

because it was the first avenue to feature hip-hop culture on a significant music network. Thus

far, hip-hop had been secluded to urban areas and underground (Baker, 2019). The development

of record pressing in hip-hop allowed for wide distribution, but the immediate effect of hip-hop

on pop culture is seen with this movement from the street to the television screen. Hip-hop also

created a new genre of radio-style that is now known as urban radio. This crossover into the

mainstream has seen a further success for rapping and hip-hop culture. Rap artists are now an

essential part of the modern-day music industry.

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References
Baker, S. (2019, November 26). The 2010s: Another Decade of Hip-Hop Dominance. Retrieved

from http://floodmagazine.com/71765/the-2010s-another-decade-of-hip-hop-dominance/