Rap Music
Essays

¶ … Gangsta Misogyny: A Content Analysis of the Portrayals of Violence Against Women in Rap Music, 1987-1993," Edward G. Armstrong explores the prevalence of misogynistic lyrics in gangsta rap, analyzing the genre…

Hip hop can be termed as one of the most influential cultural movements of the early 1970's and thereafter. The elements that conjure this genre of music and dance might include the hip hop style, hip hop slang and beat…

America is the melting pot of the whole world, the New World, seen by the rest of the world as the land of opportunity, the land of the free, the green pastures, and the crossroads where virtually all nationalities and…

For nearly two decades, Robert Taylor had been imprisoned for a rape and murder he had insisted he did not commit. Then one day earlier this month, after DNA tests prompted Cook County prosecutors to ask a judge to throw out his conviction, officials handed him $13 for bus fare and he walked out of prison into a soft rain and the powerful embrace of his father. He had been set free.

¶ … Shame in My Game: The Economic Sociology of Poverty

The emergence of Rap music as an accepted mode of cultural expression has only been recognized by academic commentary in the last twenty years. "Twenty years after its genesis, Rap poetry remains a vastly popular…

Beastie Boys are referred to as the "first successful white rap group" but would have made their mark on America's music scene regardless of their ethnic background ("Biography"). With a revolutionary spirit, the…

Skateboarding was born in the 1950s, an evolution of the popular scooter. Simple pieces of wood with roller skating wheels affixed to the bottom, these early skateboarders had no idea they were developing a sport that…

Subdivisions of Popular Music: Country, R&B and Hard Rock

The Internal Contradiction of the FCC's Current Indecency Standards