HIP HOP INTRODUCTION:

For the past few decades, hip hop and rap have had an enormous influence on youth culture. It affects how they dress, talk, what products they purchase and helps shape their identites. Many of the early rap artists such as NWA and Public Enemy released tracks about rebellion and creating a nonconformist attitude and that ideology reflected in their music videos. Big baggy pants and shirts,backwards hats and bandanas were plastered all over rap videos and each particular item sent out a unique message to the impressionable youth. As well, the language they used in these videos gave us new meaning to old words and created a new type of lingo. This blog will give insight into the social impacts of hip-hop on youth culture.