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  • Essay / Hip-Hop Culture and Obscene Language - 596

    Celebrities have the ability to change people's way of thinking in an instant. Currently, in society, it is easy for an individual to have their opinions noticed. With the help of social media and instant information, celebrities can post something and the whole world can have access to it in the blink of an eye. With this form of rapid communication, it's no wonder celebrities use their access to inform their audiences not only about their personal lives, but also about issues affecting their communities, like poverty and violence. Hip-hop is the perfect platform for this. It is rare to find a teenager who follows politics. Therefore, through hip-hop culture, it is possible that issues such as gun violence, drugs, and high prison rates in cities are noticed by young people. One of the ways hip-hop addresses these social issues is through Hip-Hop lyrics. Songs hop. Many artists have songs whose lyrics both outwardly and subliminally state the issues minority communities face. One of these artists is J.Cole. In many of Cole's songs you can...