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Chris James
4/20/06

"The Evolution of Hip Hop"

Hip hop has taken major strides in order to advance from being a musical subculture to crossing over and ordaining a mass pop appeal. Although being first created by black youth in American inner cities; hip hop's influence has touched all races in many countries around the world. A large number of the hip hop audience is no longer primarily black. Hip hop has time and time again challenged the system in ways that have unified individuals across a diverse spectrum. Generations consisting of Blacks, Whites, Latinos, and Asians have grown up with hip hop as their primary choice of music. Hip hop is representing a realignment of America's cultural choice in music. Nevertheless, many people however do not realize that it is much more than music. Hip hop is an art form that expresses culture, style, and language. With that said, the purpose of this paper is to examine hip hop and how it affects the American culture.......

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