Hip Hop Culture

In the previous class we watched various forms of rap music ranging from Indian, British, Jewish, even French hop hip. All over the world rap music is more commonly being used to express culture and lifestyle. In particular one rapper that caught my attention was Dizzee Rascal. A born native from East London, at the young 19 he is a forced to be reckoned with in the hip hop community. With smash hits like Flex, and other pop chart songs he is bringing an electronic hybrid hip hop style know as grime from the underground scene to the forefront. Dizzee Rascal represents and talks about his life growing up in a dominant style, what us Americans associate with as gangster rap. He even got the name Dizzee Rascal, formally from Dylan Mills because his teachers said he was rascal and excluded him from every class except music.
Raised in a single family household, Rascal connects with the inner streets and represents that culture. In the UK, grime is a type of music that is often dark, and aggressive. Used to express the problems that affect his area, he often raps about the societal and cultural things that his community has to offer. Often feeling that the youth is his neighborhood frequently get overlooked and not given a far chance to succeed in life. He brings his community together with his music, and because of that he has been the first and the youngest rapper to be awarded with the Mercury Award. This award is given to the best in British music.
It is clear that Dizze Rascal is one of those rappers who stay true to his culture and his community. Even though rap music is often filled with violence, Dizzle Rascal brings something new and original to the genre, style, and culture to hip hop which is refreshing for the world.