subject: Why don't the majority of blacks support real hip hop [print this page] Why don't the majority of blacks support real hip hop
I believe anyone who follows both mainstream and underground hip-hop [more than a little bit] should be able to generate an educated list of opinions to this question. Here is a list of my thoughts.
Many blacksdon't know the difference between mainstream hip-hop and real hip-hop and others simply don't care. Many blacks who are in their late 20's and higher in age don't buy as many albums as the younger generation, so they listen to commercial radio because it's convenient.
The government is using mainstreamhip-hop as a means to extort the black community targeting our children from their early teenage years to their mid-20's. This is why certain artists who promote negative themes are heard numerous times on the radio. It is a classic case of conditioning our youth through modern day slavery.
Mainstream hip-hop is a commodity tobig corporations, so its basis will always be to make money. Our youth are being conditioned to focus entirely on material possessions and achieving wealth so they ignore anything that doesn't promote this message.
Real hip-hop is aboutlove and unity amongst its people and most blacks live in areas where they see little of both.
As #4, real hip-hop at times can contain concepts and views that many blacks can't orrefuse to relate to, so they ignore it. I have heard the phrase that real hip-hop is "too intelligent;" this is nonsense. This is just a way of big corporations saying "we want to keep your people dumb so we won't play thatother music." Parenting is the key to successfully spreading more positive hip-hop to our communities. It is up to the parents to educate and guide our children so they can understand how much music can greatly affect their spirits.
Peer pressure. This goes hand in hand with #3, #4 and #5; if you aren't with the "in" crowd who listens to artist "A," you aren't cool. As a teenager, on average, who doesn't want to be cool?
Big radio and TV corporations simply do not play enough [if any] positive/real hip-hop. When I was young, you could find real hip-hop on TV shows like Jukebox,Yo MTV Raps and on the radio. You could also find real hip-hop plastered more in magazines likeRight On,The Source and others.
Real hip-hop can be judgmental on those who aren't apart of it. Let's face it; there are some arrogant positive rappers out there. Even as underground artists, we can fall victim to some monstrous egos; more humbleness needs to be widespread through the game.
