Content Review: Everyone wants to be in the limelight! Some people could care less if they were viewed in a negative way. People are who create culture and represent for one another. So, when one falls it makes and impact on the group of people and they all hit a downfall. Basically, the author Jay Z of the book “Decoded” wanted to express the growth and story of hip-hop and how it became a part of American history. Black culture and everything about it can be considered controversial. Black culture has dealt with black on black crime, misogynistic accusations, and false accusations of true intention of music. In all reality the music was referring to actual life events and situations that actually occur. Sometimes people want it to be “unicorns and rainbows” but life is not always black and white, you can always find gray areas. For example, the famous group of prodigies called NWA were known to state facts on sensitive and dangerous issues that went on during their time. They were known for their song “Fuck the Police”. The song was a defining moment during that era. It was all over the media and people were in shock but what was even more surprising were how many people who finally stood up based off of the true content of the song. The song was against police brutality that was not ever taken into consideration of those who were treated poorly only for being black. Hip-hop’s purpose at that time was to bring light to real life situations. Jay Z had three …show more content…
Hip-hop was exactly that same way. Black culture was the same way. The human race was that way. Everyone wanted equality and not to be judged by appearance and assumption. Hip-hop was an evolution and it gave people a path to speak up without fear as was before. Radio stations played these songs that had such true meaning. Tours were sold out for certain artist to express their strong opinions to the