Is hip hop really the catalyst for low qualifications, high teen pregnancy, psychological and spiritual issues and the emerging ASBO culture of our youth today? Or is hip hop the excuse politicians and pre ASBO generations use to avoid facing accusations of bad parenting, poor education systems, neglected mental and health problems and the glamorisation of other media forms passed on throughout the years that really contributes to youth crime?
You may be wondering how this all came about: Why someone would be sad or geeky enough to spend their Thursday afternoon in front of a computer with a cup of green tea and pink fluffy bunny slippers writing about a topic with a million one perspectives.
Well, other than not having a penny to my name thanks to a stingy overdraft and a peanut paying job, one can not think of a better way to start the weekend via exercising the mind and attempting to conquer a subject that has been either neglected or misunderstood by various spectrums of society.
From Hip Hop to Brit hop investigates the possible correlation between hip hop culture and youth crime in the UK. Focusing on the birth and evolution of hip hop, its migration from North America to the UK, the relationship the art form has with commercialised media such as record labels and those who consume the genre, namely young people and the barely young like myself.
Join me on a journey that’ll entail a series of turbulent questions, surprising statistics, theatrical and controversial theories and opulent opinions. Read through each article and have your say by adding your thoughts to the blogs.
Become part of the Brit hop movement. Make history, make a difference...make me a sandwich!
Stay blessed,
Nadia Gasper.