Globalization

 Summary  (Q16/17-­‐2/28/17)[No  MP3’s]  

-­‐FILL  IN  THE  BLANK-­‐  
 
1.  Hip  hop  is  ubiquitous  throughout  the  world  (its  “global-­‐ness”):  In  some  form,  or  
another,  a  local  or  regional  hip-­‐hop  culture  exists  in  almost  every  country.    
 
2.  According  to  the  U.S.  Department  of  State,  hip-­‐hop  is  "now  the  center  of  a  mega  
music  and  fashion  industry  around  the  world,"  that  breaks  down  social  barriers  and  
cuts  across  racial  lines.    
 
3.  “For  most  music-­‐addicted  earthlings,  hip  hop  culture  is  the  predominant  global  
youth  subculture  of  today.”    
 
4.  Hip  hop’s  globally  common  function  serves  as  the  voice  of  Society’s  
disenfranchised,  oppressed,  marginalized,  or  repressed,  who  challenges  the  status  
quo.    
 
5.  “Irrespective  of  its  projected  values,  the  music  continues  to  provide  a  sense  of  
identity  shared  among  its  artists  and  audiences  around  the  globe.”    
 
6.  Its  American  roots  (and  African-­‐American  primarily)  is  universally  recognized;  
yet,  each  local  culture  has  adapted  it  in  ways  both  musically  and  thematically  to  
make  it  their  own.    
 
7.  “Perhaps  the  very  fact  that  its  musical  components  were  relatively  simple  to  
replicate,  and  that  its  core  was  a  lyric-­‐based  message  made  it  an  adaptable,  user-­‐
friendly  structure  onto  which  far-­‐flung  performers  could  graft  their  own  local  
subjects,  narratives,  and  concerns."    
 
8.  The  quote  in  question  #7  is  making  reference  to  hip  hop’s  accessibility    
 
9.  “Once  a  form  of  social  protest  in  the  United  States,  rap  appears  to  be  anything  but  
that  now.  In  contrast,  outside  of  the  US,  rap  music  articulates  and  addresses  local  
political  and  social  concerns.”    
 
10.Tapping  into  hip-­‐hop’s  potential  as  a  force  for  social  change  should  be  easy  to  
realize,  but  the  question  of  “realistically  expecting  solutions  to  complex  world  
problems  from  teens  and  twenty-­‐something”  is  one  that  has  been  raised.  This  
attitude  though,  perhaps  demonstrates  a  lack  of  awareness  that  any  socio-­‐political  
problem  needs  to  be  firstly  identified  and  widely  publicized  before  it  will  be  
acknowledged  by  the  power  structures  of  society.