The Emcee vs The Rapper: The Fight for Existence

I am a huge supporter of the Hip Hop Culture. Not the culture of the so called "Gangsta Rappers"or the booty I can easily catch on my television. I am a supporter of the true Hip Hop Movement. I am a follower in Hip Hop who practises the four elements of the culture. The true essence. Dj-ing, B-Boy, MC-ing, and Graffitti. The four elements are the foundation to the true culture that first provided an alternative life from gang violence, degradation of women and oppression of all people considered minority. It was a culture that brought people together into a global family unit. Now it's being twisted in order to advertise adult entertainment and crude behavior within the community of the youth.
When Hip Hop was born around the late 70's early 80's, it was embraced as something positive and also used as a culture of rebellion against the harsh living conditions of the streets which were infected with violence and poverty. It started with the Dj (disc jockey), played the hottest tunes that he knew the people could love and relate to. Secondly came the B-boy which is short for break boy. When the disc jockey played a tune that went into a break down, mostly consisting of instrumental fuck and pop jazz music, b-boys would dance on these breaks and along with the beat.
The next to aspects of Hip Hop came seperatly. Mc-ing was born when an individual flowed a rhyme to a mixed tune the dj would make. They called it spittin, flowing or rapping. The mc elemnt became important because the people needed their voice to be heard and the mc could do just that while getting the message across through rhythm and words. Graffitti is that last element that allowed for the message of the people to be heard through truly artistic measures. Murals would be spray painted on the wall with images that resembled what the people felt or of the tag name of the individual or tagged it.
Although, Hip Hop Started as a positive cultural experience, it quickly became a mainstream culture showing up all over the nation. And with any new culture or way of life, it evolves. Look at what Hip Hop has evolved to after the "Hip Hop" was put into the hands of business who viewed another way to make money. They created the gangsta rapper. With the already harsh conditions people were livin, if you give any oppressed indivdual some money to spit about poppin dudes and smackin bitches, you have one less broke dude on the street. Instead he in hollywood spreading his filth.


to be continued...