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"For the first time since Nielsen started measuring music consumption in the United States, rock is no longer the top genre in terms of overall consumption. Instead, the combined genre of R&B and hip-hop has taken the crown" -Hugh Mclntyre
Source -https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/17/hip-hoprb-has-now-become-the-dominant-genre-in-the-u-s-for-the-first-time/

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“You know what they care about? Money.” Auto-Tune, poor lyrics, mumbled flow, a celebration of drugs and strip club culture—they’re all on Rock’s list of grievances." - Pete Rock
Source-http://djbooth.net/news/entry/2016-12-07-pete-rock-on-current-state-of-hip-hop

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This image is from one of X's videos, in which x insinuates the hanging of a small child, like X's video, X continually has faced much criticism leading to very little talk about issues, that he tries to bring awareness to.
Source -http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/09/14/xxxtentacion-race-violence-white-child-boy-lynching-ekr-orig-vstan.cnn

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This mural of two of the rap genre's most iconic rappers shows us how in the past many of the genre was filled with respect and seriousness which of a lot of toady's artists tend to not have and instead focus on their branding and image.
Source: http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/40-dope-rap-murals2/

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For my media report, I explored the genre of rap and the social and cultural influences of the genre on society. For the media report, I decided to focus on the artist XXXTENTACION who is commonly referred to as X for short. In my analysis of the genre, I talk about X's video, "Look At Me! ", which highlights the topic of black prejudice in the present as well as covering the subject of discrimination of police officers to minorities, especially African Americans. This song like few others, for example, Logic another recent artist who recently released a song about suicide prevention, talk about current issues that affect many people of different races and ages. Unlike Logic though, X has faced much criticism for his violent behavior and mental stability, much of this correlating to allegations of abuse to his ex-girlfriend. In many respects, the genre of rap has evolved over the recent years shifting towards a more mainstream genre, which is able to reach much more people but in doing that, has caused many recent songs and artists to lack a certain credibility and seriousness to the issues that they try to cover in the music, however this does not mean that the genre as a whole has become more superficial but in a sense, it has become harder to find an artist in the genre who is credible and able to achieve the goal of talking about the many issues that our society still faces such a suicide, prejudice, and violence, like previously stated. From this report, I was able to get a better grasp of the current state of the rap genre and understand that there are many rap artists who still present real and serious issues within music.

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This song by Baby Bash, originally released in 2003, shows perfectly the stark difference between the rap genre of today versus that of the past.

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Baby Bash - Suga Suga (Official Music Video) ft. Frankie J

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This by song by X, is what I analyzed in my media report. In my report I talk about how this song covers the very relevant issue of prejudice however, this songs' message is clouded by the drama surrounding X.

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XXXTENTACION - Look At Me! (Official Video)