Question

Hip Hop literature

Answer the following questions in approximately 150 words per response:

1) Explain how do French immigrant youth use hip-hop to forge their identities in France. What are some of the challenges they face?

Answer 1

A significant amount of French hip-hop addresses issues of identity and sentiments towards the French state. Lyrical content of second-generation hip-hop exposes their perspectives on their situation in France, including rejection by both the French state, conflicting ties to their African roots, French racism and the failure of the French integration system. Anxieties of French repression of identities are common subjects for French hip-hop songs.

Challenges Faced

The development of the internet and other new technologies over the last decade has dramatically affected the music industry and the way the public consume music. This development also affected French Hip-Hop industry a lot. The hip-hop industry in France faces challenges such as a decline in physical album and magazine sales. Piracy and copyrights are other issues brought about by these new platforms.