Rap Music Case

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After listening these stated rap songs, there is a question appearing in my mind that why rappers were so angry. Deeply in each song, it is easy to find out the answer. The biggest problem causing this rage is the racial discrimination to the African-Americans. The racial discrimination to the Black has been existed for many centuries. Because of their history as slaves caught from the Africa to American, they were considered in urban and working class. They have to suffer a life full of poverty, crimes and inequality which has never changed like in the song “Change” and “Fight the power”. They were treated unfairly by the white including the government like in the song “F*ck the police”. In the society with discrimination like the US, there are many people standing to take the power back for their race. For example, Martin Luther King used their political ability to fight. In musical industry, many rappers devote their ability to attract the public’s awareness about the right to live of the black through the rap songs such as Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy. Although the situation has been improved a lot, for example, the US has the first African-American president, Barack Obama, but somewhere the segregation still exists. Every day, we can come across some news related to the racial discrimination, for instance, the African-American teenage boy was shot by a white officer. There are plenty of strikes of black workers every year because the companies do not satisfy their legitimate requests. Many black students have less chance to be accepted by the famous universities than the white one. Because the racial discrimination still happens in the modern society, the African-Americans try their best to protect their own life. That many rap songs related to racial segregation are written everyday means that they never stop fighting.

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REFERENCE

Shakur, T. (1998). Change. Greatest Hits [CD]. US: Instercope. Retrieved from http://genius.com/2pac-changes-lyrics

Public Enemy. (1989). Fight the power. Fear of Black Planet [CD]. US: The Bomb Squad. Retrieved from: http://genius.com/Public-enemy-fight-the-power-lyrics

N.W.A (1988). F*ck the police. Straight Outta Compton [CD]. US: DJ Yella & Dr. Dre. Retrieved from: http://genius.com/Nwa-fuck-tha-police-lyrics

Kool G. Rap. (1990). Erase racism. Wanted: Dead or Alive [CD]. US: Cool V. Retrieved from: http://genius.com/Kool-g-rap-erase-racism-lyrics

What Is Rap Music?. (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-rap-music.htm