Tag: Ben Sharpa
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Political rap across Africa…Keeping the legacy of it alive
In Africa, it is very common for artists to rap about the political climate of their countries. They do this to try and bring awareness and a call for change on issues within the countries. In Africa, hip hop artists are some of the biggest voices that influence the public’s thoughts, actions, and views onRead…
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A Discussion on Hip-Hop in Africa
This episode is one of the student podcast projects done for the Hip Hop in Africa class. In the podcast, the students discuss the role hip-hip has in Africa today, how that role has changed over time, and the ways in which hip-hip will continue to shape Africa throughout the future. Overall the three students…
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Ben Sharpa-Hegemony
Ben Sharpa was a prominent South African rapper who was active in the mid-2000s. He was originally born in Soweto in 1977 during the apartheid in South Africa. His family escaped suppressive apartheid regime by moving to Illinois, Chicago, but they moved back to South Africa in 1993 when the apartheid ended with the firstRead…
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South African and U.S Hip Hop Artists
South African hip hop artist Ben Sharpa, and American hip hop artist Kanye West are able to use their music as means of conveying similar messages while using different verbal, and visual approaches. in his music video for “Hegemony” Sharpa uses his platform as an artist to speak up about the issues ofRead…
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Ben Sharpa
Ben Sharpa was born in 1979 in the slum of Soweto, South Africa. From young childhood Ben Sharpa experienced the brutal reality of the Apartheid regime as well as the struggle against it. As a child his father moved the family to live in Chicago, Illinois where he grow up acutely aware of the sufferingRead…