Globalization Summary (Q16/17-­‐2/28/17)[No MP3’s] -­‐FILL IN THE BLANK-­‐ 1. Hip hop is ubiquitous throughout the world (its “global-­‐ness”): In some form, or another, a local or regional hip-­‐hop culture exists in almost every country. 2. According to the U.S. Department of State, hip-­‐hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world," that breaks down social barriers and cuts across racial lines. 3. “For most music-­‐addicted earthlings, hip hop culture is the predominant global youth subculture of today.” 4. Hip hop’s globally common function serves as the voice of Society’s disenfranchised, oppressed, marginalized, or repressed, who challenges the status quo. 5. “Irrespective of its projected values, the music continues to provide a sense of identity shared among its artists and audiences around the globe.” 6. Its American roots (and African-­‐American primarily) is universally recognized; yet, each local culture has adapted it in ways both musically and thematically to make it their own. 7. “Perhaps the very fact that its musical components were relatively simple to replicate, and that its core was a lyric-­‐based message made it an adaptable, user-­‐ friendly structure onto which far-­‐flung performers could graft their own local subjects, narratives, and concerns." 8. The quote in question #7 is making reference to hip hop’s accessibility 9. “Once a form of social protest in the United States, rap appears to be anything but that now. In contrast, outside of the US, rap music articulates and addresses local political and social concerns.” 10.Tapping into hip-­‐hop’s potential as a force for social change should be easy to realize, but the question of “realistically expecting solutions to complex world problems from teens and twenty-­‐something” is one that has been raised. This attitude though, perhaps demonstrates a lack of awareness that any socio-­‐political problem needs to be firstly identified and widely publicized before it will be acknowledged by the power structures of society.
