SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sean Combs
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Hip hop from caps to bling popular subculture rooted in african american men: 1 quarter of african americans live in poverty, and violence and death is a big part of their lives. These tragic factors led to the popularity of hip hop music: basic struggles, fights, and things individuals went through/ usually very explicit language is used. Life of drugs, degrading women etc this lead to an increase in security at concerts and authority in general. Lead to distribution deals with music labels, and clothing companies started to adopt the new hip that rappers were adopting. P. diddy: pretty good life education wise, grew up in a semi good town: encouraged and promoted individual acts of rebellion ( ) Prominent hip hop artists display the thug look not because its what they grew up around but because it stylish and profitable to do so.
