A Brief Reaction to Hip-Hop on Trial

Hip-Hop on Trial:The Debate

Hip-Hop's struggle is analogous to the African-American struggle in America. We're constantly called upon to justify our existence, our culture and its value to America's "melting pot". At what point are we going to see a national (or in this case global) trial on Rock & Roll, movies, or TV? As African-Americans one of our greatest struggles is proving that we, as a people, aren't monolithic. Even our forms of expression are judged by it's worst factors. That's not to say that there isn't a problem in the community and the music but to deny that a form of expression of a disenfranchised people degrades society and doesn't enhance it, is just ludicrous. Why is it that our 'bad' is always worse?


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