Week 8 Blog

I believe that the evolution of Hip Hop music, the artists, and their thoughts best depicts African American culture. Not only has the music changed through time as historical events have occurred, but hip hop music shows so many aspects of African American culture. Hip hop music is historical and political. It is fashionable and contrary to some belief, is not dead and will never die because hip hop music, like other genres, allows artists to speak freely about the life and culture around them.