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Rap Music: From a “Home-Made” Original Flavor to a “Sugar Coated” Generic Brand

Rap Music: From a “Home-Made” Original Flavor to a “Sugar Coated” Generic Brand. Serena Aquino UNST 121-123G Forbidden Knowledge Professor Bianco. African Griot and Modern Rapper. Story teller African griot and post modern rapper Drummer and disk jockey. Early Years of Rap.

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Rap Music: From a “Home-Made” Original Flavor to a “Sugar Coated” Generic Brand

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  1. Rap Music:From a “Home-Made” Original Flavor to a “Sugar Coated” Generic Brand Serena Aquino UNST 121-123G Forbidden Knowledge Professor Bianco

  2. African Griot and Modern Rapper • Story teller • African griot and post modern rapper • Drummer and disk jockey

  3. Early Years of Rap • 1970s and 1980s • Bronx, New York • Disk jockey and lyricist • DJ Kool Herc • Grand Master Flash

  4. Social and Political Element of Rap • 1982 • Chuck D. • Public Enemy • Black Community • Social problems

  5. Controversy • Early 1990s • NWA (Niggas With Attitudes) • Gangster rap • Sex, crime and violence • FBI

  6. Battle Rap • Verbal skills • Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. • Nas and Jay-Z

  7. Christian Rap • Mid 1980s • Stephen Wiley • God • Ministry

  8. Southern Rap • Mainstream • Southern Cities • Sound and slang • Lifestyle

  9. Quantitative Literacy Element • Billboard Top 20 • Products mentioned • Mercedes • 50 Cent

  10. Women in Rap Music Videos • VH1 “Hip-Hop Video-Sexploitations” • Sexual objects • Video vixens • Karrine Steffans

  11. Conclusion • Changed in thirty years • Materialistic • Sexual objects • The mainstream • Flamboyant attitudes

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