Using the database of newspapers, I was able to find the earliest mention of hip-hop and I found a newspaper that totally laughs at the concept of hip-hop and calls it a fashion statement instead of a genre of music.

I think it is funny that one of the most popular genres of music was once seen as something that is stupid.

Also the fact that it was seen as a fashion statement is something that I cannot get out of my head. That is so ridiculous.

I find the origins of things such as this to be quite interesting and vexing to a certain degree. Hip-hop is such a part of the fabric of our culture and to see it first being mentioned is something that i didn’t expect to be so different and interesting.

Every time I think about Huddie Ledbetter and the Lomax family, a part of me just feels deeply disturbed.

The fact that Ledbetter was discovered to be this great artist after he murdered someone is just absolutely absurd. There is no way that he should have been allowed out of that prison.

And the fact that the Lomax family became this group of people who discovered some of the most well-known musicians like Jelly Roll Morton makes me so honestly sick.

They would use these artists as a way to get their messages across to people who wouldn’t listen to them otherwise.

I don’t know why I am always surprised by what our country has done in the past, it just makes me sicker and sicker every time.

The idea of genre in music is something that has been so engrained in me since I could listen to music, so it sounds weird to not have it.

There is one group that currently defines all genre barriers, their name is twenty one pilots. Yes, I wrote that the right way, that is the way their name is written in most publications.

Their music is technically defined as alternative, but, they have so many influences that include hip-hop and reggae.

While genres are a very important part of music and should be respected, they are not all that musicians should force themselves to follow.

This week in class, we talked about Minstrel shows and their impact on current culture.

I feel like this was one of the most rock bottom things that has happened to our country.

White people dressing up in blackface has never ended well, ever, and this is a large reason as to why.

Yet another example of black culture not being taken seriously.

This week, have been really focusing on the way that White people take from the culture that black people have worked to create.

It is something that I have seen in more popular music as well.

I was listening to Hound Dog by Elvis and saw a comment that said that the song sounded like a song by Big Mama Thorton.

I listened to it, and lo and behold, I was right.

As I write this post, I think about the article we just read from The Atlantic that talks about the way that we think.

It reminds me of the fact that we all think different ways, and, information comes to us in different ways.

For example, I have a friend who has Autism, and, to get information to him, you have to be so blunt with him, or else he will not get it.

I just think the idea of information and the way it is spread is something that is so amazing.