President of Hip Hop

Yesterday in class, we were asked to give our opinion on the outlook of hip-hop. I said that I felt that hip-hop was in a dire state and need some fixing. A student then turned to me and asked, how would I like to see the culture of hip-hop ran. Last night, I went to bed just a plain student in Professor Flippin-Wynn’s Evolution of Hip-Hop Medium class and woke up the president of Hip-Hop.

President- Crys Giles (Me)

Vice President- Erykah Badu

Speaker of the House- Lauyn Hill

Secretary of State- Lupe Fiasco

Secretary of the Treasury- Wu Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M”

Secretary of Defense- T.I. (he obviously has the weapons to fulfill the job)

Attorney General- Jay Z

Secretary of Rhymes- Lil Wayne

Secretary of Graffiti- Have yet to be appointed

Secretary of Break Dancing- Have yet to be appointed

In my world of hip-hop things would be a little different than what you see today. In my world of hip-hop you would see the conscious rappers being considered mainstream, and the mainstream rappers would be considered underground rappers.

Conscious rappers are lyrical rappers whose rhymes are concerned with the political, economical, and social uplift of the people. Mainstream refers to the commodity of the airplay of rappers and their songs. Mainstream rappers refer to rappers who receive a lot of popularity, but their songs are lyrically empty. Rappers who insist that they rap about sexist, misogynistic, and violent topics would receive limited airplay. I would encourage rappers to rap about other things, but I would never tell rappers that they couldn’t rap about certain topics. This is because in my world of hip-hop, freedom of speech would be highly valued.

Also in my world of hip-hop, there would be HIP-HOP World Art Institutes. These institutes would give guidance to young people and artists and serve as think tanks to further develop the art of hip-hop. Just like you see skate boarding parks, there would be parks devoted to break-dancing, graffit, spoken word, battles, etc.

Most importantly in my world of hip-hop, there would be more female emcees, and they would be RESPECTED!