Not just rap, hip hop itself.
2006-07-09 08:25:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For all of you who thought I was joking or didn't take the question seriously, check this link out. Hip hop is a religion founded by Afrikaa Bambataa back in the seventies. I didn't know this before about a week ago.
http://www.templeofhiphop.org/
BTW, rap and hip hop are not one in the same.
2006-07-10 18:52:51 · update #1
One more thing, it is not a religion that I follow.
2006-07-10 18:53:19 · update #2
If you want to get technical, Hip Hop is a cultural movement whose most prominent feature is rap style music that often idolizes degenerate behavior, ill-gotten wealth, egotism, brutality, and disrespect. Other elements of Hip Hop culture include breakdancing, beatboxing, DJing, hip hop fashon, and nonconformity. More recently, the Hip Hop culture includes dance that is specifically referred to as Hip Hop.
Wikipedia has some relatively extensive articles on Hip Hop, Hip Hop music, and the history of Hip Hop.
2006-07-09 09:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by LovingMother 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hip Hop is absolute crap!!! Nothing but a bunch of thugs, thieves, murderers, rapists, and generall all around piles of scum. Hip Hop takes no talent and most hip hop (artists and I use that term loosely) have no talent. Hip hop is bringing our society down. Look at piece of garbage drug dealing thugs like 50 cent. He has no talent. . . he is a thug. . . . yet he is idolized by the black culture. Anybody in the world can rhyme words. Every fricken rap and hip hop song is the same. . .get drunk. . get high. . .get laid. . . bang a hoochie mamma. . .yeah yeah yeah yada yada yada!!! What a disgrace!!!
2006-07-09 15:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Culture
2006-07-09 15:27:11 · answer #3 · answered by caitie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Culture. But, if you work at it, anyone could turn it into their "religion". It is possible to worship something (hip-hop, dogs, nature, etc.) that is not recognized as a traditional religion.
2006-07-09 15:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by jdshep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neiter. Its an art.
those who are ignorant to the art tend to stereotype the artist as bad, a rapist, murderer, thief and so forth. Its like me saying rock music is satanic ( I'm sure that not fully true). The is some really good hip-hop out there.
2006-07-09 15:29:33 · answer #5 · answered by fisty waters 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it was just something that strated long time ago but you can say its a religon cuz everytime u turn around there is a new song with men having sex with girls and the girls isnt nothin but a hoe and they guys showin off there grills so i think its a culture becuz people do it all the time!
2006-07-09 15:30:36 · answer #6 · answered by christyboo!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
culture because not every body listens to hip hop and i guesss
if ur family only listens to hip hop then i guess it can be a religion but not really
LOL LOL LOL LOL
2006-07-09 15:30:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's close to religion,some adore their rap/hip-hop idols more than anything in the world.It's a shame they're that blinded
2006-07-09 15:28:52 · answer #8 · answered by I-C-U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a culture. It is a form of musical expression just like pop music is and heavy metal.
2006-07-09 15:28:52 · answer #9 · answered by Gail M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
culture have you ever heard of hip hopas a religion?
2006-07-09 15:28:24 · answer #10 · answered by Ronaldhino 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋