Annotated Bibliography
Aron, Curtis. "Rap Music: Is It As Bad As Some People Think?" HubPages. N.p., n.d. Web.
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This author sets out to disprove listeners negative views on rap music. He elaborates on historic rap groups who each set out to leave a positive message to its audience. Also compares rap to other genres to help soften peoples views on rap as he raises new view points that most readers probably haven't thought of or considered prior to this.
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Dalmolin, Austin. Rap Music. N.p., n.d. Web.
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This was a thesis project completed by a high school senior with a very similar thesis as me and the same view point. I used it to back up many of my own thoughts and it helped me find more sites and sources to integrate to my own research.
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Hicks, Alyia. "The Message Behind the Music." One World Education, Inc. N.p., n.d. Web.
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This article was very similar to the idea behind my project but on a much smaller scale. This was written by a student and takes the reader through some of rap's sub-genres and uses specific songs as a reference and to help prove her point.
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Lydersen, Kari. "Young Hip-hop Artists Speak the Truth about Violence in Chicago." The Chicago Reporter. N.p., 15 Feb. 2012. Web.
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This article takes two actual hip-hop artists take on Chicago's gun violence and the cultural impact rap music has had not only on the crowd but also on their own lives. The article goes on to promote Project Spitfire which is a nonprofit organization that "helps young people break free of the vicious cycle of gangs, drugs and violence."
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Mann, Chad L. "Rap as a Positive Influence." Hip Hop For Change. N.p., 22 Apr. 2012. Web.
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This article helps shed light and publicize a select few positive organizations that have formed around the rap/hip-hop music industry. The author describes three organizations around the country and what an impact they are having on today's youth. He ends the article by challenging the modern rap industry to go back to "its roots" and proposes record labels being the main cause and considers eliminating them all together.
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Steers, Julia. "Redefining Hip Hop, Combatting Youth Violence." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 02 Feb. 2011. Web.
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This article promotes the ELEMENTary Hip Hop Skool. It is a program that "aims to use hip-hop to get young people involved in community building." The author interviews the co-founder of the organization and helps explain their reasoning for starting the program, the goals the program sets out to accomplish, and what their future plans are for expanding the program.
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