RE: Hip Hop Origins And Current Affairs
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2025 at 10:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The argument, insomuch as there is one, is whether hip hop is a product of black american culture..or "50/50" black american and puerto rican. Hip hop critics and cultural anthropologists are pointing out that while puerto ricans have greatly contributed to hip hop..just as they've greatly contributed to mailand culture in general..they were participators, enjoyers, and adopters..not the creators of the form. That comments like the whole 50% thing straddle the line between participation and appropriation. Not at all different from a white guy standing up there and saying that white people are 50/50 responsible for rap because beastie boys.
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