The Evolution of Resiliency in Hip-Hop Music
For years, many artists have used hip-hop as a social movement to speak out in songs against racism and police brutality. In today’s music, artists are still using hip-hop as a tool in the continuous fight of anti-Black Racism. VIBE 105 has all the details.
By Janica Maya
For decades, Hip-Hop artists have used music to speak against racism and police brutality. It transformed the genre as a social movement in this current age of battling the continuous fight of anti-Black racism. Many songs through generations and of today’s music scene reveal the long history and the realities Black people encounter because of their race.
Throughout generations, music has been used as an active form of protest against the harsh treatment by authorities and institutions. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, rappers from the States described in their music the brutal and unfair police enforcement they experienced and observed in their communities. A powerful and most famous protest song is N.W. A’s song “F—tha Police,” (1988) it looks at police brutality and racial profiling and demands better action for the Black community. The message in the song is still very much relevant today. According to the Rolling Stone the song has seen a resurgence this year with a 272% increase in on-demand streams.
Hip-Hop emerged in the Southern Bronx of New York in the 1970s in response to the daily experiences of poverty, racism, exclusion, crime and violence among minority groups. The foundation of the genre is resilience, recognition, community and social justice. The importance of Hip-Hop allowed young creatives to create music and art reflecting their realities, and this has become a source of self and community empowerment. The healing power of this music benefits mental health; coping with emotions, identity and personal growth in raising confidence and strength.
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