12. Hip Hop
Hip Hop was born out of black culture and now has been said (according to Royal Open Society Science) to have more of an impact to music and pop culture in general than the ****ing Beatles, who many worship and regard as one of if not the greatest creative force to happen in music and human history. As rappers such as the legendary DMC said, Hip Hop means love and bringing people in the community together showing their skills and stepping their game up.
Hip Hop has become more than just a genre, it’s an every growing culture that at its essence represents love, education, and storytelling via the art of rhythm and rhyme. That said, lettuce be honest white media has tried its absolute best to get echoes of the culture and call it its own. It even affects talented white rappers such as Eminem, who many (including John Bernie) put on their list of contenders for a GOAT rapper.
He has been called the greatest rapper of all time when he himself has denounced it, knowing that there are other (black) rappers who deserve that distinction along with him. Unfortunately he gets the distinction of being called the “Elvis of Hip Hop” by many, and people ignore what he brought to the game by calling him “gimmicky.” Gangsta rap became “cool” and “marketable” and pushed by white media and white led record labels to earn cash. Gangsta rap isn’t as prominent as it once was, but that said, there is no doubt that White media loves to take pieces of Hip Hop and therefore take credit.
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