DOC 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Soapstone, White Flight, Afeni Shakur
12 Apr 2017
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David ides a people"s history of rap". Hiphop is a complex, multifaceted, cultural phenomenon composed of many elements. Emerged in response to social, political, economic conditions of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, etc. Lyrics and videos engage with dominant, residual and emergent (counter- hegemonic) ideologies of the time. Ideological formations of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, religion, disability, environment, etc. Not every song has this (usually only has one or two) Loss of well-paying jobs with benefits; replaced with minimum wage jobs with no benefits. Histories of capitalism and neoliberalism, outsourcing, automation (mechanization) of labor. Underfunding of schools, loss of safety net programs. Dismantling of civil rights legislation, radical organizations such as black panthers (afeni shakur) Articles suggest that hip hop artists are drawing on residual cultural ideologies and brining them forward. Unregulated media and the rise of corporate monopolies in the music industry. Popularity of hip hop culture led to corporate interests in profits.
