Critique of Chapter 10: Hip Hop Wars

Overview/ Critique of Chap. 10 Hip Hop Wars

         This chapter basically hits on the main points of how many people ignore the positive aspects of hip hop music and how much it has contributed to help our communities. Many may say that these celebrities just throw money as the society in order to keep a good name or to just clear their name of dirt. But as mentioned in the book, giving back is a tradition that has been going on in the black community for many years, and these rappers are just following their tradition. The book also states that 25% of an African American’s income goes to charities, so it should be no surprise that these rappers are giving from the heart and not just to make themselves look good. But the book also hits on the fact that most of the time; the media “hid” good deeds performed by these artists with other scandals such as divorces, crime or violence.

          This chapter of the book actually shed some light for me when it comes to these artists. I actually never knew about Dr Dre donating to the World trade Center Relief Fund. But also this chapter brings up a good point on how the media always focuses on the bad news that they receive. These artists give back to many of their communities to help improve it and to help better the lives of the children in their previous community. The ending of the chapter however, confused me because I wasn’t sure if the author was on the side was on. Because she states that the rappers take from the African American community but then give back to them, which contradict the whole point of the chapter.