How does hip-hop affect your city?
Three members of Marseilles rap group PSY4 de la Rime: from left, Segnor Alonzo, DJ Sya Styles and Don Vincenzo.
There’s a very interesting article in today’s New York Times newspaper about how hip-hop has transformed the young people of Marseilles, France.
Comparing the sound of Marseilles hip-hop to that of Paris hip-hop, the article reads, “The sound of Paris hip-hop, slicker and more aggressive, adopts much from American gangsta rap. Marseille hip-hop does too, but Marseille boasts a groovier style. It mixes in blues, flamenco, Jamaican ragga.”
The piece describes how hip-hop still gives hope to the melting pot city (it’s a city with a large number of immigrants).
Does hip-hop have the same powerful effect on young people it once had in your neighborhood?
Image: Helen Margaret Giovanello for The New York Times
[...] Original post by bosslady [...]
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It doesn’t affect my city at all…It just gives it life. HIP HOP 4EVER!!!
i live in atlanta…nuff said
I live in Seattle, which is the home of grunge rock which it’s more known for, and that’s cool with me I love rock, being a white guy and all
but just like any other city we got hip hop life too!
What up Will and M2resles!
I live in Munich and HipHop and espacially Rap is just getting Big there. As someone of you may know, Berlin has much more to offer when it comes to Rap. And Munich is known as the “nice and friendly Bavarian city with the dudes in leather trousers
” thats about to change….
well..in Northern Ireland alot of people dont respect hip hop for what it is..they listen to it and hate it.. they dont listen to the true meaning of some songs (not all of them)….Im from london and i moved to Ireland 7 years ago (still have my accent lol) but living here has made me realise how much some people crave and understand hip hop music….