Impact of Hip Hop Generation on American Life

Name
Professor
Course
Date
Impact of Hip Hop Generation on American Life, How and Why Did it Evolve as it Did
Part I
America is a metropolitan country with various cultures, races, and ethnic groups. The pre-colonial and colonial era was characterized by the different treatment of the country's diverse groups, a habit that continued post-colonization. The most affected groups were of Asian and African origin, who fought hard to end discrimination by the native Americans and the governments of the land. The African Americans, particularly, faced discrimination, injustices and were mistreated. They exhibited strong body structures, which subjected them to slavery, working for long hours in the fields of the wealthy native Americans. The injustices continued until the rise of hip-hop music within the last four decades to protest the injustices as hip hop became a means of airing their grievances. However, the African Americans struggled hard to gain recognition, pushing their agenda through different avenues, including hip hop music.
Hip-hop generation is a suitable transformative economic issue to discuss because of its impact in the fight against discrimination of the black race and subsequent transformation into a livelihood source to the hip hop artists and their families. This community attributes vast achievements to the music genre in fights against racial discrimination and their economic prosperity. The hip-hop genre has a strong global influence, which necessitates research on its history, impact on American life, and its evolution.
This paper breaks down this topic into three subsections to help the reader understand it well. First is a summary introduction of hip-hop music to introduce the reader to the genre's background and prepare them psychologically. The second section is the impact of hip hop in American life and beyond and how and why hip hop evolved as it did. I aim to show how hip hop's rise led to reduced discrimination and racial injustices among African Americans.
I intend to use the following resources to support my research;
* Chang, Jeff. Can't stop won't stop: A history of the hip-hop generation. St. Martin's Press, 2007.
* Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American freedom. WW Norton & Company, 2003.
* PQ, Rory. "Hip Hop History: From The Streets To The Mainstream | Icon Collective." Icon Collective College Of Music, 2019, https://iconcollective.edu/hip-hop-history/.
* Saddler, Naia, and Professor Markle. Has Hip Hop Changed Overtime?. 2019, https://commons.trincoll.edu/groovy/hip-hop-done-harm-to-communities/. Accessed 25 Feb 2021.
* Boyer, Holly. "Hip hop in the United States." Reference & User Services Quarterly 55.3 (2016): 215.
* Penney, Joe. "The Trump Administration Keeps Targeting African Immigrants - The Mail & Guardian." The Mail & Guardian, 2020, https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-11-03-the-trump-administration-keeps-targeting-african-immigrants/.
Part II: Research Paper
Introduction
Hip-hop has a unique history compared to other genres. Its initial purpose was to champion justice and equality before later being commercialized through a gradual transformation. Hip-hop emerged as a crucial trend in the last decade of the 20th century...