I recently read the article “Black culture beyond hip hop,” by Thomas Chatterton Williams. Reading this article confirms that the theme is blacks tend to rely heavy on hip hop and it is destroying the youth. Hip hop dictates how most carry themselves. Many people focus on how real they want to be or trying to be cool which hip hop has major influences on children and teens.

After reading this article, a problem that I seen developing was how they are believing hip hop only has an impact on African American culture. Not only does it impact African American culture, it also has an impact on American culture in general. Normally we see how hip hop stars are living and how they rap about the fancy houses and cars. Some rap about the strippers,