Contreversey and the Everyday Life

The controversial lyrics of hip hop have been debated for decades. In the past decade thier has been a rapid increase in controversial lyrics, songs, and albums. But what exactly makes a song controversial? Is it the explict language, the deragtory refrence to women, or the constant mention of drugs. Let us not forget about the mention of murder and other problems that plague the community. Late rapper Tupac Shakur brought many controversial problems of the community to main stream with his 1991 song Brenda's Got A Baby. This song brought to light many controversial issues such as teen pregancy, illiterate children, and incest.This song was consider controversial because it was about a twelve year old girl. Though people of America feel these should topics should not be brought to light, industry heads constantly glorify them through the work of the artist.
This leads one to ask is hip hop authentic? If not what makes it authentic? Depending on the place you grew up many can say yes it's real. But for people that did not grow up around this, it can lead them to say maybe not. The primmary place that hip hop gets its authenticity is from the different places "hoods" of america. That being said brings us to the point that many industry heads are not from these hoods. But they constantly get to put their two cents in every song or album. Can it be authentic since many of them never set foot in the hood or since none have been in the enviornment of the hood. Rick James stated it best when he said, "If you ain't from the ghetto, don't come to the ghetto." He made this statement to various industry heads that kept puitting thier ideas into what was hood.

To conclude this, hip hop never existed. Everyone could define hip hop in their own words. It was just music put together that sounds nice. The nice beats makes the difference of the class group for various artists.