According to article, The Hip Hop Movement, hip hop started as an expression of black pride and encompassed funk, classic souls, and the hardheartedness of black gangster films. It began as a way to somewhat secretly “engage in ‘symbolic and ideological warfare with institutions and groups that symbolically, ideologically, and materially oppress African Americans.’”
2. Hip Hop was initially started to address the issues of social justice and culture. Select a song written/produced by one of the artists in the article listed under Early Hip Hop or Changing Focus. What's the theme of the song?
The theme of Lupe Fiasco’s Strange Fruition is resentment towards The United States because of the of the way oppressor
