Hip-Hop Wars: The Vietnam War

The movie Style Wars, directed by Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, is a documentary about the lives of hip-hop artists and how they influenced New York. Hip-hop is a culture known for having the key styles of rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti. In the early 1980s, hip-hop was a form of art used by all sorts of people varying from young to old. Hip-hop was a way to let one be recognized by everyone in the city, but specifically, most hip-hop artists aimed to be recognized by their fellow hip-hop comrades. Most, if not all of the people that did not comprehend the nature of hip-hop, thought that hip-hop artists were going against the system and used hip-hop as a form of rebellion. Hip-hop was a revolutionary “bomb” that led to the transformation of New York and led to the birth of a new culture.
The hip-hop community “bombed” the city, which caused uproars among the cities of New York. “Bombing” was the term they used to describe the rebelling actions they used in order to go against the system. The most well known “bombing” action they used

Some of the hip-hop artist that worked together recognized each other as a family and protected one another. A good example of this is Trap and Dez, two young graffiti artists that were introduced in the documentary, Style Wars. Dez was like a teacher figure for the young Trap who was still learning to draw graffiti. Dez and Trap were close to the point where Dez needed to look over Trap to make sure he was doing the right thing. Their actions displayed that hip-hop was not all about violence, but about the unity of working together in order to survive in the city. The “bombing” actions also made the hip-hop artists gain recognition and respect among their fellow hip-hop members. On the other hand, their actions infuriated the government and its other