Rap Music: From a “Home-Made” Original Flavor to a “Sugar Coated” Generic Brand Serena Aquino UNST G 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 1970s and 1980s Bronx, New York Disk jockey and lyricist DJ Kool Herc Grand Master Flash
Social and Political Element of Rap 1982 Chuck D. Public Enemy Black Community Social problems
Controversy Early 1990s NWA (Niggas With Attitudes) Gangster rap Sex, crime and violence FBI
Battle Rap Verbal skills Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. Nas and Jay-Z
Christian Rap Mid 1980s Stephen Wiley God Ministry
Southern Rap Mainstream Southern Cities Sound and slang Lifestyle
Quantitative Literacy Element Billboard Top 20 Products mentioned Mercedes 50 Cent
Women in Rap Music Videos VH1 “Hip-Hop Video-Sexploitations” Sexual objects Video vixens Karrine Steffans
Conclusion Changed in thirty years Materialistic Sexual objects The mainstream Flamboyant attitudes