GLOBAL RAP AND HIP HOP
INTRODUCTION
Hip hop is the most globalized popular music today. The reasons for this are many, including:- Hip hop is a culture that encompasses music, poetry, dance, visual arts, and fashion
- Hip hop culture, including rap, exploded during the era of the Internet
- Music software became sophisticated and widely available, making music production and dissemination feasible for virtually anyone, anywhere
- Free trade agreements increased the worldwide distribution of music products
- Hip hop music is danceable
- Any message or viewpoint in any language can enter into rap
- Rap doesn’t require special training or formal musical knowledge
Reading
Hip-Hop & the Global Imprint of a Black Cultural FormAuthor(s): Marcyliena Morgan and Dionne Bennett
Source: Daedalus, Vol. 140, No. 2, Race, Inequality & Culture, volume 2 (Spring 2011), pp. 176-196
Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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RAP AND HIP HOP USA: THE MAKING OF A NATIONAL CULTURE
This section expands on "Rap" in Chapter 6 of Allen et al., Music: Its Language, History, and Culture, tracing the development of hip hop culture from Old School (1974-1986) through the "Golden Age of Rap" (1986-2000).Photo by Joe Conzo. Used with permission.
GLOBALIZATION OF RAP AND HIP HOP
(Rap and hip hop in Ireland, South Korea, and the Arab World are discussed in those sections.)Reading:
Robin D.G. Kelly, "Foreword" in D. Basu and S. Elemell (eds.), The Vinyl Ain't Final.
Full text available through Brooklyn College Library website.
Washington Post: Why Is Global Hip-Hop Better Than ‘Made in America’ Rap Music?
"Hip Hop's Reach Goes Global," Interview with Jeff Chang on National Public Radio, 2007