Hip Hop Culture

There have been at least three major artistic movements during the 20th Century in the African American community. They are the Harlem Renaissance (1920s), the Black Arts Movement (1960-1970s), and the Rap/Hip Hop culture (1980s-Present). Two of them barely touched the minds and wallets of white middle-class America, but it is no big secret that Rap/Hip Hop has come to dominate not only the airwaves but several major industries: fashion, alcohol, jewelry, and automobile. Black Americans have been oppressed since slavery, especially by white people. …