Race in hip hop
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"No white rapper can gain recognition on a major record label without being "discovered" by a black producer," citing Snow and Eminem as examples of this. --Necro (rapper), see also race in hip hop and cultural appropriation in western music . |
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Although hip hop is a primarily music oriented culture, the political significance of race sometimes comes into play, with accusations of cultural appropriation against non-black-- typically white and Asian-- performers, and charges of racism and self-stereotyping against black performers. Suburban America has usually accepted hip-hop culture, but more and more suburban teens have "clowned" each other for the hip-hop style of vocabulary, clothes, and countless other social behaviors because they try to act "black".
