Hip Hop Civil Rights Movement Analysis

Knowing the purpose of the Hip-Hop culture was to be the new improved of the civil rights movement is devastating. Jay Z and Kanye West are not looked at as being a Martin Luther King Jr. or a Malcolm X but they are still idealized as being the best. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X fought for our rights where Mr. Jay and Kanye only fighting for album sales. There is a difference between what Hip-Hop supposes to be and what Hip-Hop turned out to be. The black youth is seeing Hip-Hop as being a culture where nothing is important, but wealth and not realizing the crisis they are in. Taking a break and looking back in history, the youth will notice, “denial of education played an important part in the legalized status of Blacks as inferior and immoral” (Burris 2011, 4).

Blacks are being controlled by their own culture. The lack of education the youth may have is because of Hip-Hop. The Hip-Hop culture that promotes deviance is only denying the youth the following, “the right to vote, go to school, own property, travel, testify in a court of law, and even marry outside their race” (Burris 2011, 4). Hip-Hop was a way for African American to enter the position of power and succeed in life. But following up on the artists

and the song lyric the youth will not understand their own purpose. Blacks entered into positions of power within the economy and politics (Burris 2011, 5). Investors are suggested in context that job opportunities, benefits and a safe environment for everyone will develop competition. The “White working class was easily convinced that the freedom of Blacks would mean that they would end up at the bottom of the economic and political hierarchy” (Burris 2011, 5). Blacks are able to move from neighborhood to neighborhood to live in the nicest, upscale new community complex. Therefore, to rebuild the economy using creative ideas, competition will exist for everyone.
Lower class people will be set at a displacement and will be stuck in the Hip-Hop culture forever. There will be a gap between the youth and culture because of the idea of race class and gender. The idea of “Hip-Hop” has not always been rapping, break-dancing and DJs. Hip goes way deeper than being social and rapping to a beat. The concept of Hip-Hop started off with a set goal to empower the African American community. The empowerment was constructed off promoting social change to provide a better life for the youth. Hip-Hop is a powerful force of expression of thoughts, emotions, spiritual aspects and aspirations.
Hip-Hop is a world-wide phenomenon that emphasizes power. Before Hip-Hop was a universal idea of deviance and a crisis structure, it was organized to produce power and specific gender roles and behaviors. Hip-Hop can be examined through historical and biographical elements of power operation at the intersection of social classes. Within the history of the Hip-Hop culture the idea of deviance is developed. The youth will only be able to gain control of the true meaning of Hip-Hop if their ideals start promoting Hip-Hop in a better sense.
There is a connection between the song artists, the lyrics, videos and the youths.

Hip-Hop is produced on the role of coercion and power. The diversity of the culture supposes to create meaning not chaos. Social order is maintained by domination, and the power of the song lyrics. The black youth is more likely to be victimized by crime than any other group. Hip-Hop influence the music that we listen to that a new artist can directly affect how we dress, talk, dance and etc. For example, “prison inspired hip-hop styles like sagging black pants and oversized t-shirts” (Baxter & Marina 2008, 110). Sending a culture shock across the country, some may believe it could be a good thing and others may believe it could be a detriment to our youth and

society.
Young African American youth are greatly influenced by the music they listen to especially if they look to those artists as a role model and someone that they want to reflect their life after. The most influenced in a negative manner by music is the youth, especially the black youth, because they’re not yet old enough to realize it’s just entertainment and that’s all, nothing more than a way for a particular artist to express him or herself. It should not be taken literally, but should be taken for what it is and that’s an art form.
With Hip-Hop having such an influence on African American culture it’s such a powerful tool to help motivate people for the better, people draw inspiration from so many things and music is one of them. This art form some people may not take seriously, but so many young people draw inspiration from it that you have to at least give a chance and learn to appreciate it. While it’s such a young form of art it speaks to the masses unlike any other contemporary. Not just impacting the black community, but communities worldwide no matter race, religion, or social class.
The style of Hip-Hop depends upon a certain society culture value. Baxter & Marina emphasizes, “they are defiant individuals with considerable drive to succeed but some are violent and steal from others, which fuels the labeling of inner-city youth” (Baxter & Marina, 2008 111). This shows the teaching of certain behavior young people learn and the tradition of specific gender roles in Hip-Hop. They are certain rules, steps and behaviors certain artists follow. A particular role during the upcoming of Hip-Hop is very important for this multi-formed culture. The power of obedience the youth will face because of Hip-Hop misleading culture is unexplainable.
The black youth is used and abused due to the generation of Hip-Hop. They are sweet innocent children who minds are taken for granted. They are weeded out because they are placed in particular groups with others with the same interests and behavior. The constructing of stratification, gender roles, deviant behaviors and certain song lyrics impact the crisis the black youth faces. Hip-Hop is a profession. It was developed through stratification, gender roles, and specific behaviors empower the African American community.
Hip-Hop is an art form of the civil rights movements, where restrictions, set rules and entertainment should strength, unity and respect. Without Hip-Hop, gender roles, stratification, passion, and joy would not exist. Hip-Hop was developed throughout history to produce a voice for the African American youth. Hip-Hop varies from youth to another, but each youth should find a way to use Hip-Hop to make a change. The youth should see Hip-Hop as being rare and unique. The history of Hip-Hop reflects the changes in the way we see the world.
The Hip-Hop generation creates a crisis structure for the black youth because the norms and beliefs are not stable in this culture. The idea of “norms being values put into play” to construct counterculture failed when the different youth cultures mixed with one another (Conley 91). There was nothing that could stop the violence from encroaching upon the counterculture. Of course, the youth did not accept the expectations set before them to promote social change. They were easily influenced by song lyrics, and violence. The crisis the youth face in American culture only show that the subculture Hip-Hop failed us. After all, the Hip-Hop culture empowers and weaken Black America.
African Americans have many opportunities that will help them succeed in life. The youth should be seen as privileged due to the Hip-Hop culture. To end the crisis the face they have to become social activist for their community. The idea of crisis structure was another way to set the black youth at a disadvantage. Alridge writes, “hip Hop has not dramatically changed oppressive institutional structures or organized itself at anywhere near the level of civil rights organizations…” (Alridge 2005, 228). Meaning Hip-Hop has brained washed youth and limits their opportunities. The civil rights is the reason why African Americans are able to succeed in Hip-Hop culture.
In conclusion, the crisis the youth face is embedded in the history of Hip-Hop culture. Although African Americans are free they will still be treated as inferiors to White Americans. Blacks are limited education and employment opportunities because of the negative affect Hip-Hop has on generation after generation.