{"id":41,"date":"2019-12-15T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/justinsite\/?p=41"},"modified":"2019-12-15T19:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T00:35:44","slug":"hip-hop-made-the-label-the-label-never-made-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/justinsite\/2019\/12\/15\/hip-hop-made-the-label-the-label-never-made-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop Made the Label, the Label Never Made Hip Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0If someone said that hip hop was conceived after the creation of Def Jam Recordings, or that popular music genre was birthed as Biggie and Tupac came onto the music scene, they would be incorrect. Hip hop was actually born and bred in the Bronx due to sustained benign neglect from the state and federal government. Communities and citizens of the Bronx struggled to flourish, hamstrung by gang violence, lack of infrastructure, and impoverishment. Hip hop uplifted citizens of the Bronx from this destitution by giving them a voice and an outlet for creativity unprecedented at the time. Shaped in block parties and rec room bashes, hip hop became a culture promoting non-violence and providing a distraction from the less than ideal circumstances to which the Bronx community had become accustomed. After the release of \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d by Sugarhill Gang, hip hop was, for the first time, pushed into the mainstream spotlight. The newly discovered music genre gained popularity all over the US and grew to become a voice for the marginalized black race. Male and female creators entered the world of hip hop to perfect the blueprints laid down by the craft\u2019s originators and greatly expand its audience. Hip hop culture is now seen and heard everywhere, whether it is 21 Savage scoring a spot on the cover of \u201cForbes\u201d or the NFL hiring Jay-Z\u2019s entertainment agency, Roc Nation, the culture has been taken to other levels – not all favorable.