5. Hip-Hop & The conflict of Black Identity (Colored Urbanism)
The conversation of New York City as well as the use of hip hop in the movie, specifically Public Enemy, was of conversation and how hip hop wasn't necessarily used to the fullest in the film. And it led me to think to myself about the use of hip hop as a medium of representation. Hip hop coming out of the 1970s, really starting in its earliest days as a form of disco all the way until what we have now with multiple styles
So I've always felt as if hip hop is this very important piece of the puzzle that allowed for the city to be exposed, in a way, for its plights and its possibilities and the intelligence and the artistic expression of people who were often demonized on the news. But at the same time, there's a conflict of interest where you see people saying things like, well, they're shooting and killing each other
