DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop? (United States)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop? (Kansas City, United States)</span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JMSl4JcfZ-E/VqTkT7hWBsI/AAAAAAAAAeY/xYrsvouhLLA/s1600/DJ%2BRaf%2B-%2BWhat%2BIs%2BHip%2BHop%2B%2528Kansas%2BCity%252C%2BUnited%2BStates%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop (Kansas City, United States) - what is hiphop" border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JMSl4JcfZ-E/VqTkT7hWBsI/AAAAAAAAAeY/xYrsvouhLLA/s400/DJ%2BRaf%2B-%2BWhat%2BIs%2BHip%2BHop%2B%2528Kansas%2BCity%252C%2BUnited%2BStates%2529.jpg" title="DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop (Kansas City, United States) - what is hiphop" width="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hip Hop is a form of expression. In its most basic form, Hip Hop allows people to express their inner thoughts through poetry, dance, music, or art.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Contrary to popular belief, <b>Hip Hop</b> is NOT a new phenomenon that took place in the last few decades. In fact, Hip Hop is one of the oldest cultures in the world. People have been using poetry to express themselves since the dawn of time. Poetry has been used by humans to express pain, love, happiness, sadness, and everything in between. In parts of Africa, people were celebrated for their poetic intelligence. In the Middle East and the greater parts of Asia, society has always celebrated poets with the power to move audiences. Even 100 years ago, Indians rhymed poems and recited poems in public spheres.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />In fact, during the liberation movement of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan from the British, many poets used this form of expression to express their fears and problems. At that time, poets like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Rabindranath Tagore, and Mahadevi Varma, have all used the power of words and poetry to bring light to societal issues long before the term “hip hop” was born.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />With this strong connection to a poetic history, <b>Desi Hip Hop</b> is of cultural importance. In the early 1900s, Tagore and Varma talked about the issues faced by people at their time. Now, in 2016, artists like Lazarus, Mumbais Finest, or Uptown Lokolz talk about the current issues faced by Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis around the world. The only difference now is that these current day poets have a larger stage to perform on – online, social media, and youtube. With this power, poets/rappers have the utmost responsibility to connect with their audiences in a positive manner.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />This is the power of Hip Hop. It helps humans express themselves in a beautiful way that can have an impact on ideologies and bring people together. On top of that, if we look into Desi Hip Hop, it represents a united front. The term Desi indirectly refers to a united South Asia. And with the power of hip hop, this unity can be used positively nurtured in our Desi communities around the world. <br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://www.twitter.com/DjayRaf">https://www.twitter.com/DjayRaf</a></span></div>

DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop? (United States)

DJ Raf - What Is Hip Hop? (Kansas City, United States) Hip Hop is a form of expression. In its most basic form, Hip Hop allows people...

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Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop? (Los Angeles - United States)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop? (Los Angeles, CA, United States)</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TzgUuiHVDXc/VqI-yPpe37I/AAAAAAAAAeI/q7sMirE4VL4/s1600/Shugga%2BShane%2B-%2BWhat%2BIs%2BHip%2BHop%2B%2528Los%2BAngeles%2B-%2BUnited%2BStates%2529%2Bwhat%2Bis%2Bhiphop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop (Los Angeles - United States) what is hiphop" border="0" height="280" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TzgUuiHVDXc/VqI-yPpe37I/AAAAAAAAAeI/q7sMirE4VL4/s400/Shugga%2BShane%2B-%2BWhat%2BIs%2BHip%2BHop%2B%2528Los%2BAngeles%2B-%2BUnited%2BStates%2529%2Bwhat%2Bis%2Bhiphop.jpg" title="Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop (Los Angeles - United States) what is hiphop" width="400" /></a></span></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What is Hip Hop</b> to me? Hip Hop to me is  more than music, it is a culture, and a life style. I am Hip Hop. I feel it in my mind, my heart and my soul everyday.  It is the way I express myself. It is the way I connect to and with others.  Whether it is thru a rap song that me and my friends mutually like, or whether it is a connection between a fan and myself over one of my own releases. Hip Hop is a way of life for me. It is the soundtrack to my life. I can recall on memories and even remember what song was playing in the background, because it was probably a Hip Hop track. <b>Hip Hop</b> can be inspirational, it can be thought-provoking, it can be fun and it can be dark. It is all the emotions that we as a people embody, expressed thru music, beats and lyrics. Hip Hop is a culture because it can connect people from all over the globe, thru shared interest. A fan of hip hop who lives in Los Angeles can relate to a hip hop fan who lives in Russia because they admire the same style of music and take in the same culture. Hip Hop was created to tell the plight of the disadvantaged in the ghetto's of New York, but over the years it has evolved and spread, thru mainstream and underground scenes, across the world to become one of the most popular life styles and genre of music people can relate to.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Social Links:-</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">www.ShuggaShane.com</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">www.CrownFam.com</span><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/ShuggaShane1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/ShuggaShane1</span></a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShuggaShaneBCF"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/ShuggaShaneBCF</span></a></div>

Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop? (Los Angeles - United States)

Shugga Shane - What Is Hip Hop? (Los Angeles, CA, United States) What is Hip Hop to me? Hip Hop to me is  more than music, it is a c...

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