09-19-2015, 02:32 PM
Afrika Bambaataa
Known as the "Godfather of Hip-Hop," he was originally the leader of the Harlem gang, the Black Spades. Gangs were originally a unification of men who worked toward a common goal, ridding their streets of drug dealers in their turf. They quickly became the "law" in the areas where NYPD failed to protect and serve. He changed the entire direction of music (along with DJ Kool Herc and a few others), thus creating Hip-Hop. After a journey to Africa, He returned with a new ideology which eventually led to the Universal Zulu Nation movement, which helped spread hip-hop across the world. The purpose of the movement was to bring social and political awareness to the streets as well as the world during a time when gang violence was spiking rapidly.
Notorious B.I.G.
In reality he was a black man from the middle class but he came to represent the poverty stricken, racially segregated class of New York and brought unity in America's largest city and eventually America itself.
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Same story, lived life in between middle class and low class but became prominently held as the "Voice of the Black Man."
Eminem
The voice of a generation where social identity meant everything. He could be the first mainstream example of the integration of the white man into hip-hop
Known as the "Godfather of Hip-Hop," he was originally the leader of the Harlem gang, the Black Spades. Gangs were originally a unification of men who worked toward a common goal, ridding their streets of drug dealers in their turf. They quickly became the "law" in the areas where NYPD failed to protect and serve. He changed the entire direction of music (along with DJ Kool Herc and a few others), thus creating Hip-Hop. After a journey to Africa, He returned with a new ideology which eventually led to the Universal Zulu Nation movement, which helped spread hip-hop across the world. The purpose of the movement was to bring social and political awareness to the streets as well as the world during a time when gang violence was spiking rapidly.
Notorious B.I.G.
In reality he was a black man from the middle class but he came to represent the poverty stricken, racially segregated class of New York and brought unity in America's largest city and eventually America itself.
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Same story, lived life in between middle class and low class but became prominently held as the "Voice of the Black Man."
Eminem
The voice of a generation where social identity meant everything. He could be the first mainstream example of the integration of the white man into hip-hop