Hip hop culture is no stranger to the world. Since its ghetto beginnings in New York City’s South Bronx, it has not only established itself as a musical genre, but has risen as a full-blown culture that defies language and racial barriers. It is a monstrous personality in a great sense – assertive, tongue-in-cheek, infectious, and brutally honest. A controversial pill to swallow, but an effective one nonetheless. The thriving spirit of hip hop culture has made it a choice survival kit not just for urban dwellers dealing with big-city grit, but for anyone who has ever known what it feels like to be on the somewhat disenfranchised side of life. And that makes practically everyone.
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