The beauty of Hip - Hop

A friend of mine wrote on his blog that Hip-Hop music is equivalent to Jesus Christ screaming ‘Eloi Eloi’. I agree to a certain level with his opinion, yes, we are crying out loud to the world; not to be saved but a cry to be noticed. Niggas hav make it
big, the bling, the flashy lifestyle and pop lyrics is just saying, look @ me i made it. My take on this is, Hip-Hop is so beautiful, it is beautiful to listen to, to write about, beautiful to write n rhyme, interesting to talk abou’ and above all its glorious to be part of. I did ask some of the hustlin b-boyz slash skaters around my township abou what drives them to this project, especially under the hardships and condemnation of the genre ekasi, they said “free spirited”. Their explanation was that the twisting, turning nd head spinning heals their loneliness, the skateboarding cools their rage. Isn’t it charming? I remembered Lupe Fiasco saying, “Kick, push n coast/ so come n skate with me/ just a rebel lookin 4 a place be”. I’m thrilled to the bones with such feedback from the Hip-Hop community, it’s the same feeling I had when I first heard Skwatta Kemp’s ‘Umoya’ nd saw the video. Damn, them niggas, have done it, did it on that one, and when I heard rumors of their album sales, I applauded.

Recently, Jay-Z came out complimenting the Hip-Hop community quoting “Hip-Hop has done more than any leader, politicians or anyone to improve the race relation”. Jigga believes our generation is the least racist generation ever, and I have to agree with the Jigga man 100%. I know, Mandoza has done it, but the Hip-Hop kidz have been doing it from the time of Ishmael and Prophet of da city the barrier has been tested nd now I believe it’s about 2 brake. As the world turns we are preserving our identity as a community through Hip-Hop. Like I said, we lavish in this beauty, during this cloudy global economic crisis, we rap it off. It’s the words we listen to that make us different, think of JR’s ‘kgata le nna son/ kgata le nna’ kidz are climbing step by step to the corporate world thinking about the song. How beautiful is that? I watched with gasping jaw to the classy video of koldproduk’s ‘hush’ , then Muggz and his Jozi crew came with a killer of video, accompanied by killer song… I took a deep breath…I love to love Hip-Hop. We gota get big though, lets get involve in conscience community matters, we should be the voice to the United Nation, the Red cross, we should be intermediating the discussion in Zim... lets make it beautiful.