The History of Hip Hop in the USA

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This paper analyzes the slang that reflects the evolution of Hip Hop from the 1950s to the present. In many ways, Hip Hop offered an outlet about the realities of African American culture under the oppression of a white hegemonic American society. The paper further discusses how by using the Disc Jockey (the DJ) to bring this message to the masses, the issue of black identity was made into a unique and constructive base for activism and political awareness.

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"This anthropological study will examine the evolution of language surrounding Hip Hop music in the African American culture. In many ways, the difference between earlier black slang and the present day use of the Hip Hop language are significant in how "Gangsta" culture defines a new evolution in youth communication. By analyzing the way that consumerist markets target this Gangsta culture, one can realize how language has developed within the African American community in relation to street behaviors and communicative tradition from the 1950s to the present. The early traditions from what would eventually become Hip Hop culture had evolved from the radio disc jockey movements of the 50s and 60s."

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