The government officially recognizes hip hop

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The US Senate passed a bill today that:
(1) designates August 11, 2021, as “Hip Hop Celebration Day”;
(2) designates the month of August 2021 as “Hip Hop Recognition Month”;
(3) designates the month of November 2021 as “Hip Hop History Month”;
(4) recognizes the contributions of Hip Hop to art and culture;
(5) encourages Senators to plan appropriate activities that support the objective of the “Back to School Jam” of August 11, 1973; and
(6) encourages local governments in the United States to build partnerships with local Hip Hop entities and other members of the creative arts and music communities.

"from its humble beginnings in New York City, the music, lyricism, dance, fashion, and art of Hip Hop has become a culture, now found in communities across the United States, and has long been a worldwide phenomenon ... the art and culture of Hip Hop is an original American creation ... the Hip Hop genre has been reinvented often over the years since 1973, reflecting the State, city, and region of the music, from G-funk and Hyphy on the West Coast, to Bass and Trap in the South, to Drill in the Midwest, to many other sounds from coast to coast and from abroad, including the New School, which continues that trend"
 
Oh, great, the genre has now begun that long slide to becoming something that only grandparents listen to!

The people that started listening to Hip Hop back in the day have probably been grandparents for a long time by now 🙂
The likes of Chuck D and Ice T are in their 60's and they werent even in the first wave of HipHop
 
The people that started listening to Hip Hop back in the day have probably been grandparents for a long time by now 🙂
The likes of Chuck D and Ice T are in their 60's and they werent even in the first wave of HipHop
Well, now I feel old! 🙂 But young people still listen to hip hop, so it's not only grandparents yet. I was thinking of jazz, which in the '20s was the cool music, but it seems like only old people like it now. No offense to younger jazz lovers, though!

I remember when rap and hip hop were cause for worry among parents, that the lyrics were supposedly obscene and should have warning labels, all kinds of pearl-clutching. And now the government is honoring the genre with national days. It's become staid and respectable!
 
Hip Hop is an accepted form of music? I knew there was a good reason to throw away my radio.

I thought hip hop was the written sound of rabbits running.
 
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