Critique #2: Chapter 6 of The Hip Hop Wars.

Critique of Chapter 6

   In this chapter of The Hip Hop Wars, it basically focuses on the phrases “keeping it real.” This phrase has been misused by many artists just because they want their album or song on top. Some artists sometimes use this phrase to describe their style of music because in their songs they describe where they come from, which most likely will be from the ghetto. These artists have so much power to with their words, but decide to use it to talk about the money, cars and hoes as well as the ghetto where they are from and make it seem like a horrible crime scene. They make the ghetto seem like it’s all bad, they don’t mention some of the people that have made it out the ghetto and got themselves a good education or about how many African American men are in jail while the women have to take on so much responsibility to support the family without a man there to help them out.

   Reading this chapter made me realize how much power hip hop has on our community. It also makes me wonder why anybody would want to be something they are not just to get their songs or albums sold. To me, it’s almost like they are being inconsiderate and it’s not hurting them at the end of the day because they still make their money. But instead it makes Americans think living in a ghetto means that your life is full of violence, and that the people living in the ghetto have built everything around them. Also that they are living that kind of life because they enjoy it which makes most African Americans look bad because that’s where most of them live.