Essays on Hip Hop

Many critics and fans alike have come to put labels on different eras of hip-hop. These labels are accurate to the state of hip-hop at the time. However, to fit with the discussion of my question, I have split hip-hop into two distinctive groups, old…

Tupac dedicated this song to his mother Afeni Shakur. It was a song of reconciliation between a son and his mother. Tupac writes about coming of age and understanding the trials and tribulations his single black mother went through in trying to raise a son…

Gangsta’s Paradise is a hip-hop song created by the rapper Coolio in 1995. A lot of the hip hop of this generation had a very lyrical feel to it and echoed a sense of endearment for where they grew up, but also echoed a want…

The videos that have been analyzed are “Candy Shop.” – 50 Cent, Pitbull “Timber.” ft. Ke$ha and Jennifer Lopez “Booty.” ft. Iggy Azalea. These videos all present a culture of using sex to sell. In each music video, the women have been portrayed/referred to as…

The South African hip-hop industry emerged from the shadows of kwaito and has since become one of the fastest growing and most influential genres of local music. Giving rise to the top-selling artists right now like Cassper Nyovest, AKA, Kwesta and many more. However, the…