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DESCRIPTION:A Commitment to Rap: A Brazilian Answer to mainstream Hip Hop A
 ccording to the late rapper\, Sabotagem\, in Brazil\, “o rape é compromiss
 o” (rap is a commitment).&nbsp\; In many ways\, Brazilian Hip Hop develope
 d under similar conditions as in the United States – like the first artist
 s out of the South Bronx\, young people in Brazil began rapping as a way t
 o express the economic and social problems of their favelas (the poorest a
 nd most crime infested neighborhoods of the country). Nevertheless\, today
 \, Brazil’s Hip Hop scene looks very little like the multi-million dollar 
 industry of the United States. In contrast to today’s commercially success
 ful and widely embraced American brand of Hip Hop\, in Brazil this music c
 ontinues to be characterized by its opposition to corporations\, highly po
 litical themes\, and scorn towards lyrics that boast about wealth or sexua
 l conquests.&nbsp\; By comparing the historical roots and development of H
 ip Hop both in the United States and Brazil\, it is clear that despite num
 erous similarities and shared origins\, this genre holds a very different 
 place and purpose in these two countries.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:PLACA presents: Melissa Castillo-Garsow(2)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A Commitment to Rap: A Brazilian Answer to mai
 nstream Hip Hop According to the late rapper\, Sabotagem\, in Brazil\, “o 
 rape é compromisso” (rap is a commitment).&nbsp\; In many ways\, Brazilian
  Hip Hop developed under similar conditions as in the United States – like
  the first artists out of the South Bronx\, young people in Brazil began r
 apping as a way to express the economic and social problems of their favel
 as (the poorest and most crime infested neighborhoods of the country). Nev
 ertheless\, today\, Brazil’s Hip Hop scene looks very little like the mult
 i-million dollar industry of the United States. In contrast to today’s com
 mercially successful and widely embraced American brand of Hip Hop\, in Br
 azil this music continues to be characterized by its opposition to corpora
 tions\, highly political themes\, and scorn towards lyrics that boast abou
 t wealth or sexual conquests.&nbsp\; By comparing the historical roots and
  development of Hip Hop both in the United States and Brazil\, it is clear
  that despite numerous similarities and shared origins\, this genre holds 
 a very different place and purpose in these two countries.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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