Category: Student Final Projects
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MIXTAPE TOWARDS A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS: Exploring Asakaa, Alt Hip Hop, & Trap Politics
This mixtape explores the social and political themes of songs from Ghana’s trap, drill (Asakaa), and alternative hip hop subgenres to find “conscious” hip hop is not its own genre, but rather a thematic standard that can exist in all kinds of rap. Featured songs in order: Snakes by La Même Gang; Wasteman by BlackRead…
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The Howard Hooligan Podcast
Hosts, Ty and Bri, along with their special guests go over stereotypes and the challenges that women face in the Hip Hop industry while reviewing two wonderful examples of great female artists, ENNY and Nadia Nakai. Links to their music can be found below ENNY Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AbQ6Mvj9iVw6fX82HclRA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ennyintegrity/?hl=en Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3qEnCAnX23lvoxZYtBiPgL?autoplay=true Nadia Nakai Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVz6zPYysoQur15PBMbz_zw Instagram:Read…
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New and Poppin Pop Podcast with Lethan, Jonathan, and Chafik
This is an episode of the New and Poppin Pop Podcast with Lethan, Jonathan, and Chafik. In this episode, we discuss cultural appropriation in the hip community of the United States and Africa. Furthermore, we dive into the implications of it and the various ways it has taken form in our day and age.
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QUEERING THE CONTINENT
AFRICANS PAINT A PICTURE OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONSENT Across the diaspora, the topic of homosexuality remains nothing short of taboo. Conversations about queer identity remain touch and go, as they often bring up mislead feelings of emasculation, fear, intimidation, and general discomfort. The hesitancy to embrace homosexuality, on the African continentRead…
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Mixtape: Social Justice Within Africa
Introduction Africa is no stranger to protesting wrongdoings in their society. For decades countries have been protesting corruption, health issues, wealth distribution, racism, and police brutality. Yes, police brutality too. It may come shocking to some because why would countries of majority one race have these issues but they are there and exist unfortunately. ArtistsRead…
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Mix it Up: “Women Empowerment & Hustle Culture”
Men and women play a noteworthy part in the generation of lyricism and visual substance within the dynamic of Hip Hop. Due to this, sexuality plays a major portion in making the roles of males and females inside the hip-hop industry. Men within the commercial hip hop industry have however to halt this social issue,Read…
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The Sounds of Tanzania
-A brief article about the many sounds that are produced in Hip Hop. Hip Hop isn’t just a genre of music, it’s a genre that has its own style, culture, code, and language that sets it apart from all other genres. Through the use of Swahili slang & AAVE, drumming, storytelling, and rhyming, along withRead…
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Final Project: Mixtape
Social and Political issues/change For my mixtape, the following themes were selected: Social and Political change. Social and political issues continue to plague many parts of the world where corruption, police brutality, poverty, and unemployment plague many people. While this is a universal issue, the focus of this mixtape will be African rappers and theRead…
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Jamz with Joc Women’s Impact in African Hip Hop
This podcast covers topics of women in Hip Hop in both the African and American industries. This podcast highlights topics of female empowerment, how African hip hop artists culturally impact their listeners, and methods of relating genuine topics to platforms and fan bases. The purpose of this podcast was to introduce new African female artistsRead…
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A Break With Jake Podcast : Differences in Protest and Combat Music in Africa and America
Within the fight for social change all over the world, all different types of public figures and artists create content in order to show their support and join in the fight. A couple of examples of this content are protest and combat music. Protest and combat music are often tools used to either spread awarenessRead…