"I am societies child, this is how they made me, and now im sayin what's on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me America." – Tupac Shakur

Hip Hop in general consists of four main elements, DJ’s, MC’s, graffiti art and break dancing. Although all four are very important to the hip-hop movement, the main topic discussed here is hip-hop and how it evolves relative to its environment. Every hip-hop artist has his or her own unique characteristics, for example Tupac and his West coast approach compared to Biggie and his East coast approach. Each different form of hip-hop has a strong emphasis on lyrical construction and conveying a message from the artist to the listener. Although, even with every MC’s own personal traits in their work, there also seems to be one distinct resemblance that exists within their lyrics which is the aspects of representation and identity in their respective environment. Every MC, or the more present day term rapper, uses the......

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Title: Hip Hop
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