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Political hip hop (also known as political rap and Conscious hip hop) is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged in the 1980s as a form of political expression and activism. It typically addresses sociopolitical issues through lyrics, aiming to inspire action, promote social change, or convey specific political viewpoints.
It encourages DJs and MCs to teach people about the culture of hip-hop and to write more socially conscious songs, and radio stations to play more socially conscious hip-hop. KRS-One describes hip-hop as a metaphysical principle, "an energy, a consciousness, it is an awareness, it is a behavior, it is an attitude, that's what hip-hop is.
Lloyd Gregory Sandiford (born January 4, 1984), known professionally as Decora, is an American AfroLatinX hip hop artist, producer, performance poet and social activist based in the Hudson Valley of New York. [1] Decora initially gained notable recognition as a member of the socially-conscious hip hop group, The Readnex Poetry Squad.
In hip hop music, political hip hop, or political rap, is a form developed in the 1980s, inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron. Public Enemy were the first political hip hop group to gain commercial success. [1]
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist R&B Songs Artist Rap Songs Artist R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Artist Refs. January 2 "Go Crazy" Chris Brown and Young Thug "Go Crazy" Chris Brown and Young Thug "Mood" † 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior "Go Crazy" Chris Brown and Young Thug [2] January 9 "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd [3] January 16 [4 ...
The vulnerable project also defies norms in how it dismisses the hip-hop paradigm that tends to confine female hip-hop to either pussy rap or conscious rap — as if both sides of the spectrum and ...
From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.
On May 16, pioneering hip hop artist Captain Rock (associated with Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde) died. The cause was not announced. [107] [108] That same day, Brazilian rapper MC Kevin falls to his death. [109] On May 18, a Houston crip revealed that MO3 killed 2 men before his death. [110] [111] On May 29, Lil Reese was arrested for assault. He was ...