Curriculum Development Project Proposal

Running Head : USING ELEMENTS OF HIPHOP CULTURE

Using Elements of Hip-Hop Culture

As a Means of Using Student Interest

An Learning American Government Introduction

Urban music is a prominently used term but the nature of its origin is not clear . Today , it is popularly known as a term used in referring to black music or music of black origin made by artists regardless of nationality or descent . Debates and arguments about the term and its wide scope is an ongoing among the music industry , music fans and artists across the countries

p Urban music is a genre that is very broad . If you look underneath urban music , there are a number of core elements that include hip-hop , R B garage and into that obviously comes soul music . Urban music also includes reggae , rock n roll , blues and jazz but the term is most popularly or instantly linked to hip-hop . According to J Decibel , urban music is a cultural movement among African Americans that began in New York City in the early 1970s but it was in the 1980s that urban music or hip-hop became popular1 . In Hip-Hop and Youth Culture Hip-hop is defined as mostly rhyming , rhythmic spoken word art-form known as rapping2 . It includes a whole larger culture that involves rap baggy clothing , break-dancing , graffiti , language and a lifestyle

Urban music or hip-hop in particular has become a common form of communication and enjoyed by young adults and children relatively throughout the world . Unlike in the earlier days , this music genre is no longer limited to plain art of music and dancing . In Hip-Hop and Youth Culture , it was mentioned that urban music has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry that has greatly manipulated a lot of industries like automotive design , fashion , television programming collegiate and professional sports , media marketing and advertising3 Music is essential in youth culture and in that sense urban music 's potential to influence is rampant that it has stringed its way into young people 's lifestyles particularly because it is a form of recreation that promotes creativity and self expression . Rapping in particular is a way of pronouncing one 's pride in his /her community that also becomes a form of competition where a rapper can display his skills and support or defend their respective communities

It is unquestionable that adults tend to defer acceptance of this culture in comparison to young adults . Young adults are more inclined in adopting the culture when they are being reprimanded and especially when they know that adults don 't understand nor like what they were into Young black people embrace the culture because they sympathize to the music that is singing their lives . For young people that do not have any connection to the urban community or urban culture , there is still a lot of question as to why hip-hop or urban music fascinates them and this is nothing new especially for middle and upper-middle class young people One apparent reason could be fascination to what...