Behind Beats, Hip Hop, and Rhymthes

These are just some notes I took down as I watched this Documentary.

•  most men listen to hip  hop,  party to hip and grew up listening to hip hop
• in the hip hop cultured you have to be strong, tough, be a player,have money,
• before hip hop was soft but rap brought masculinity
• they party to the music but dont question the lyrics
• people think hip hop is  so violent
• hip hop bash gays
• in hip hop videos they throw money at the cameras, have women dancing around, have men posing
• they talk about guns, drugs, and put fear into other men hearts
• men call women bitches/hoes because of they way they dress
• the women let the men call them names and harass them
• hip hop don't condone gay men
• they don't even  talk about that subject at all
• it have to always be hard core
• the man in the rap battle rap about violence and drugs because he says no one want to hear you raping about good and positive things
• gate keepers- provide access,opportunities for you
• they rap about they things they rap about because they people who give them a chance to make it want them to rap about guns,drugs, and violence.(Donisha Banks)