From B-Boys to Broadway: Activism and Directed Change in Hip-hop

Q2 Social Sciences

Asia Pacific Media Educator Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.1177/1326365x19894781

Courtney Bliss

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Abstract

In this article, I examine how the dominant paradigm of development led to the Bronx being in a state of ruin, the development of hip-hop culture as a self-empowerment tool, and how that tool is used to direct change in blighted urban areas around the US through rap at all levels—from street corners to the Broadway stage. I use a combination of theories from development communication, ethnomusicology and popular culture to perform my analysis and conclude that hip-hop culture empowers individuals and communities to make change in their neighbourhoods. I also conclude that Lin-Manuel Miranda, coming from that culture, has gone on to bring this empowerment and directed change to Broadway to make fundamental changes there that have an impact that reach far from the hallowed halls of the Great White Way.

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从B-Boys到百老汇:Hip-hop的激进主义和定向改变

在这篇文章中，我研究了主导的发展模式是如何导致布朗克斯陷入毁灭状态的，嘻哈文化作为一种自我赋权工具的发展，以及这种工具是如何通过从街角到百老汇舞台的各个层面的说唱来引导美国各地破败城市地区的变革的。我结合了发展传播、民族音乐学和流行文化的理论进行分析，得出结论，嘻哈文化使个人和社区能够改变他们的社区。我还得出结论，来自那种文化的林·曼努埃尔·米兰达（Lin Manuel Miranda）继续将这种赋权和变革带到百老汇，在那里进行根本性的变革，其影响远远超出了大白道神圣的大厅。

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