Three distinct elements:
- Music/ Lyrics (dj-ing/ rapping)
- Dance (break-dancing/ b-boys)
- Graphic (graphing/design)
Use of mixing/ sampling/ subverting makes hip-hop the epitome of postmodern practise.
Afrika Bumbataa and the zulu nation
Subverting = to destroy/ ruin/ overthrow completely
Graffiti
'The superhill gangs - rappers delight'
N.W.A.
- ‘F*** Tha Police’
- (1989)
- FBI contacted record label about album contents
- 1990 – court in Tennessee judged it “obscene”Ice T‟s Body Count
- ‘Cop Killer’(1991)
Other Incident
- 1991 - Rodney King arrested & beaten by four white LAPD officers
- 1992 – despite the beating being videoed, three police officers were acquitted (jury made up of x10 white, x1 Hispanic, x1 Asian)
- LA riots started the evening after the verdict
- 53 people died
- election year in US
- Bush/Quayle campaign targeted violent
- hip-hop as a causal factor!
- bomb threats against record company
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