Hip Hop Themes

1. Hip Hop Themes A form of culture produced outside the purview of mainstream society Incorporation Commodified at Its Roots Politics

2. Black Radio Is leery of the music… Why?

3. Backlash Is Rap Music Dangerous? Is it misogynistic? Is it vulgar, obscene, and overly violent?

4. Incorporation

5. Rap is the Mainstream By 2000, rap music held 13% of music market (rock music, 25%) Became the preferred cultural style of young people Fashion Language Sensibility 80% of Rap Music’s Audience is White

6. Why do White Kids Like this Music? Racism Identification

7. Has Hip Hop Sold Out?

8. Hip Hop Nation to Hip Hop Globe Asian Caribbean Latin African European Diasporic Communities

9. France 2nd Largest Rap Music Market Carribeans MC Solaar Arabs Algerians

10. Zulu Nation Afrikaa Bambataa Prophets of da City

11. Germany Bushido

12. Australia Sleek the Elite Native Ryme Syndicate

13. What are we to make of this phenomenon? Technology Economics Society Culture

14. Lessons from American Media History 19th Century WC White Males 19th Century MC White Females 20th Century Ethnic Immigrants 20th Century MC White Teenagers 20th Century Working Class African Americans

15. The American Self as a Global Model Industrious Independent Free Rational