AMC Blog - Lycée Mona Ozouf de Ploërmel

Born in New York neighborhoods in the 70’s, the hip hop represents the communities afro-american culture, this is a cultural movement. At the begining, it was created to raise awarness about the segregation and poverty in America during 60’s and 70’s, with the rap, the breakdance and the street art. The « father » of this movement, it is DJKool Herc, when there was the party in the street, this DJ created breakbeatsans after it’s rise in popularity. Hip-hop can denounce social injustice, through the rap, to show violence, drugs but solidarity too, for example, Tupac, rappers speak about the conditions in neighborhoods , through his songs.  Like Tupac, many peoples can leaves American dream, to start from nothing and became a success, hip hop represents that, Jay-Z was a former drug dealer and can became a big rapper, thanks to hip-hop.

Hip hop has influenced American society, through fashion, and the language, in America the style, sneakers, pull, jeans are adopt, mainly by the youngers and teenagers. Hip-hop influence language, so this is an element of the american pop culture.

                                                                                                       

Hip-hop has enabled and always now, to criticize government, the system and capitalism, it takes send messages, such as calling for resistance or demonstrating for their rights.

Also hip hop reprents the american society, through culture, with rap, dance, art, fashion and icons and it defend rights and show injustices, conflicts, and opportunities for success.