Hip Hop Return to the Roots

                                            Hip Hop Returning to the Roots

Hip Hop is the greatest communication tool since the formation of the three (3) major religions {Christianity, Judaism and Islam}. Hip Hop is a culture of expression! Young Black Africa Americans were able to get their voice heard about the harsh condition of inner city life {ghetto}.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s America inner cities, was stricken with poverty.

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Light manufacturing jobs in America had began to leave for over seas. The oil embargo of the 70s hampered the economy. Chrysler went into its first bankruptcies. The invasion of foreign automobiles from Japan and Europe. The list goes on and on!

Young Black people in America faced a grim and bleak future. This is before the modern sports era, {few black athletes}. So music being a outlet for African and African descent people. They started singing/ rapping/dancing about their life and that story!

One of the early pioneers of this new culture was Afrika Bambaataa {Kevin Donovan}! He is known as the "Godfather" of Hip Hop. Founder of the Amen- Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture. Also a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As a student in his native South Bronx, he won a essay contest. The grand prize was a trip to African! From this point on in his life, his views of the world changed from his trip to Africa. He then changed his name to Afrika Bambaataa, which he took from the Zulu Chief  Bhambatha.

After returning from Africa, Afrika Bambaataa got involved with stop the violence in his Bronx neighborhood. Where the adoption of the African custom of dancing {break- dancing} instead of fighting {war} was implemented into American inner city culture.

This is the bases of our topic Returning Hip Hop to its Roots! The times have seemed to have returned to the late 70s and early 80s! Times are very hard in America in 2012. The violence in the Black community is at a all time high! Gangs and crime run rapid in the inner cities of America. Young Black people are dying everyday in the streets of America.

If we remove the commercialism out of Hip Hop which is probably impossible, maybe we can split or veer from the mainstream like before? We can give a pure and positive culture to the youth! We need music and culture for our young people that is God- Fearing, positive and nonviolent!!!

This movement needs to be started, if not started by parents coming together, then supported by parents and everyday people in the community. We can not look for others {White people} to do this for us! We can not complain about our situation, we must fix our situation!

Can we get to together and form independent African Culture centers in your community to restore the proud of our people? Those forms can come together and hold area events!

Lets return Hip Ho to its glorious past of love, peace and unity! Lets do job one saving our children!                 

     
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