90's Hip Hop

Hip-Hop is a music genre that a big impact during the 90's. Hip-hop had an overall impact on the black community and society as a whole. The message was all about the conciseness within the US. In a lot of early MC's and rappers, they talked about a lot of social problems that happen in the black community and other minority groups. Hip-Hop was  In the 90's we saw people such as Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and a lot of other people who drop a lot of music that make the genre more popular. There was a lot of critics of this type of music because many believed that that the message in this music was just about profanity, drugs, sex, aggression and social rebellion in their music. Despite this some of the music that was made some songs such as "F*** The Police" created by the group NWA that included Ice Cube, MC Ren, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and DJ Yella was used by people during the LA riots to bring attention to police brutality. Especially after Rodney King was beaten by LAPD officers, the song would help bring awareness to this topic. The increasing popularity of Hip Hop culture throughout the nineties can be linked to social revolution during the time period. Oppressed groups are able to use the music to convey their plight and circumstances and in that way rebel against both overtly and covertly oppressive conventionalities within that society. Hip Hop culture redefined cultural norms and practices nationwide by establishing new modes of learning, conduct, and social interaction. The nineties saw a marked increase in the establishment of street gangs as a direct response to coveted social reform. The emphasis of the street in the upbringing of communities of lower socioeconomic standing augments the power of street education.