Lenell Bynum
blog post 2
affram 337
05/01/20

The conversation about love and theft was very interesting concept that made me think about how influence can easily go unoticed in the muisc industry. It made me think about the conversation today in hip hop and how these new generation of artist aren't showing respect to the ones that came before. Growing up in the late 80's and early 90's paying homage to their predecessor in the rap game. Me personally, my favorite rapper is Nas and his demeaner and what he said on a record always paid homage to rap artist who came before him. And he was so impressionable on me I viewed the same way. Plus when growing up in a black church background it was always important to respect your elders and I think that mindset stays with you no matter what setting you in and, I think its why it is so important to acknowledge these past artist because as I've seen in this class a lot of history gets lost and artist never got the credit they deserve. Which brings me to the article we reading for tomorrow on how the grammys are starting to acknowledge hip hop more. It still frustrates me that my favorite artist of all time, doesnt have a grammy. Nas is a pillar in hip-hop culture but hasn't truly been acknowledge for it. Granted Nas always gets his respect as an artist but I think its disrespect that he isnt highly touted for his work. Though I do believe because of the results of a artist like Nas artist like a Kendrick Lamar are getting their acknowledgement for the work they do and it goes show you how far this genre of music has come.