Hip Hop Rhetorical Analysis

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In the article From Civil Rights to hip hop: Toward a Nexus of ideas by Derrick P. Aldridge, he talks about Hip Hop and civil rights generation coming together to inspire conversation between the right to vote, right to free speech, right to fair and equal treatment, and more. They also spoke on behalf of the minorities who were mistreated. Hip Hop artists addressed social, economic, and political issues that were going on in the world in the 70’s through their music. Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc are two of few MC’s who addressed these issues. Hip Hop truly has an effect on society because it gives listeners a better understanding of what is going on in the world through artists’ music. Society doesn’t really watch the news, mainly the youth.

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