Personal Narrative: How Hip Hop Changed My Life

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How Hip Hop Changed My Life.
“My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” Kendrick Lamar. Rap isn’t just music it is a way of life. Not just something I listen too but something I get lost in. Rap is something no matter your color age or gender you can jam out to it. Thesis: Rap isn’t just music it's a culture that everyone can enjoy!
The way I got introduced to Hip Hop/Rap at a young age was because of the connection Rap and Sports have. I remember at a young age being at a Cleveland Cavaliers game when I saw LeBron pregame acting like a kid in a candy store. Listening to a Lil Wayne called Mr. Carter. This song quickly became my favorite song for weeks, the funny part is …show more content…
Growing up and still to this day the TV show The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air has been my favorite show in the world. It may have been recorded years before I was born but it makes me want to be a 90s kid. Will Smith is the main character who moved to Bel-Air because he got into a lot of trouble in west Philadelphia where he was born and raised. You might ask yourself how does any of this have to deal with rap? Great question it turns out Will Smith is a Entertainer and Rapper. I didn’t know this for many years until I looked it up on youtube one day. Another Entertainer that started out in Hip Hop was Ice Cube. I remember growing up and watching my favorite movies Ice Cube would be in many of them. Ice Cube actually made a movie about his Rap group N.W.A. I remember going to see this movie last year with some of my close friends. This is probably one of my favorite movies because they make you feel as you had the same lifestyle. The movie helps you understand what these inner cities are for young african american boys in the 90s. The movie shows the greatest struggles someone can have or the happiness music can give
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