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Oct 2, 2023 · Connecting people, exposing issues. For decades hip-hop artists have used their power as popular culture stars to influence the political sphere. As academics have begun to take notice of...
Hip-hop music culture is a product of African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino inner-city communities plagued by poverty, the proliferation of drugs, and gang violence in the 1960s and early 1970s. By providing the youth with a sense of identity and belonging, Hip-Hop’s strong influence fosters a sense of unity.
Abstract. This study examined associations between Black youth’s engagement with hip-hop culture and their sociopolitical development (SPD) (e.g., critical social analysis, critical agency, and anti-racist activism). Participants included 499 Black adolescents recruited from across the United States through an online survey panel.
- Empowerment
- Esteem
- Resilience
- Growth
- Connection Is Critical
- Community
- Change
Empowermentis a broad construct within which to privilege the framework dimensions of esteem, resilience, and growth (individual empowerment), along with community and change (community empowerment). Each dimension has a core definition from the social sciences, but also a specific contextual relevance within rap music culture. These connections wi...
Self-esteem is a multi-dimensional concept, including perceived self worth, but also thoughts of how others perceive the individual. Self-esteem captures one’s net evaluation of self and the extent that it is “favorable” and “satisfying” (Gomes and Speizer 2010). Perceived “other-based” self-esteem has shown to be especially significant for mental ...
Resilience is generally “positive adaptation within the context of significant adversity” (Luthar et al. 2000; Masten 2001). Adding precision to potential pathways of specific measurement is the description of resilience as “the process of negotiating, managing, and adapting to significant sources of stress or trauma” (Windle et al. 2011, p. 2). Th...
The third and final dimension of the individual empowerment portion of the framework emphasizes growth. It includes deliberately development-enhancing processes, analogous to thriving (Lerner et al. 2009), flourishing (Seligman 2011), and core competencies for positive youth development and risk prevention (Guerra and Bradshaw 2008). This growth an...
Connection includes supportive, prosocial and caring relationships among important people in a young person’s life. This connection can also encompass spirituality and similarly supportive, meaningful spiritual relationships with a higher power and a faith community (Smith and Jackson 2005). Connection is a critical dimension of positive youth deve...
The community empowerment aspect of the framework includes community and change dimensions. The community dimension speaks to psychological connection as well as social engagement with members of a group or community (Chavis et al. 2008). Empowerment occurs via a heightened sense of belonging to an identified group but it is also that there is func...
The change dimension refers to change for better conditions within communities of identification. The nature and degree of desired change for a preferred community is entirely subjective. The goals of positive social change may be accepting the status quo but changing morals/values, mitigating perceived inequities, or eliminating perceived inequiti...
- Raphael Travis
- rtravis@txstate.edu
- 2013
Over the past three decades, Hip Hop has developed as a cultural and artistic phenomenon affecting youth culture around the world. For many youth, Hip Hop reflects the social, economic, political, and cultural realities. and conditions of their lives, speaking to them in a language and manner they understand.
Aug 3, 2020 · There's long been a dismissal of Southern rap that's rooted in a kind of respectability politics that mirrors that of anti-Black racism and white classism — Southerners, and by extension their...
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Jul 5, 2023 · Emmett G. Price III, dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music and 2022-2023 visiting professor of music at Harvard University, has written extensively about hip-hop culture and the history of Black music. Price spoke with The Gazette about the genre’s enduring influence. The interview has been edited for clarity and length.
