History 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Crack Epidemic, Soul Music, Steven Tyler
20 Apr 2018
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Hip hop and what it means to be black in america. Hip hop: 2 east coast and west coast. Inspiration from south bronks (og: gritty, social commentary on the harsh realities of chronic poverty in the south bronks, 1970s. West coast: violence, celebrating ganster lifestyle, street gangs, and south-central la. Fued w/ the nyc"s big and his producer j. combs. Both tupac and biggie had criminal pasts: drew on this experience and recorded hip hop songs that glorified the violence of the ganster lifestyle. Both artists had prophetic songs where the narrator speaks to the audience beyond the grave. September 1996 tupac shot: 6 months later, biggie died same way in la. Both deaths were a result of the east coast/west coast fued. Urban inner city phenomenon that was removed from white society: emerged from block parties, ghettos, fringes (all becoming popular w/in african. Americans in the late 1970s: partcularyl the case in south bronks.
