[Michelle20568]

to say music entails melody and beauty is making an assumption. there is some ‘music’ that ia hardly melodic or beautiful to some but are to others. you are right when you say that hip hop today is not what it used to be. I was raised in hip hop culture and it is more than music. I think it has been co-opted by white people wishing to exploit black people to make money. Hip hop used to be something from the streets, but once white record execs realized they could make money off of it, it began to change. The music that sells really well is most detrimental. It is the music that speaks mostly of black men disrespecting women, braggin about committing crimes against each other, and calling each other ‘niggas’ ‘bitches’ and ‘hoes’. All of this is detrimental to the black race, yet it is what gets pushed on our people the most. There are folks who are so hungry for money, they will participate in the degredation of their own people. The music that does not get enough promotion comes from people like Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Roots, Dead Prez or back int he fay with Poor Righteous Teachers, Public Enemy. The message is out there but the dominant culture does NOT want us to promote unity and respect for each other. They would rather pump negative music into our communities like drugs and weapons, in hopes that we destroy each other.

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Name : Michelle20568, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Age : 24, City : Jersey City, State : NJ, Country : United States, Occupation : Non Profit, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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