The survey asked whether people think that hip-hop and rap are a positive influence on society or a negative influence on society, and majorities of all groups - blacks, whites and Hispanics - agreed that hip-hop has had a bad influence on society, most particularly the rap portion of hip-hop.
Growing up listening to a heavy dose of hip-hop and rap, I naturally idolized my urban heroes.
To compile the Cash Kings list, which charts pretax earnings for all living artists whose work is primarily classified as hip-hop or rap, we looked at income from touring, record sales, publishing, films, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures.
Even if you don't understand the lyrics, you can hear the influence of hip-hop and rap, which have become the lingua franca of Afro-Latinos, African-Americans and just about anyone under the age of 25 in the rest of the world.
Ms. NELSON: Well, I am of the opinion that it does have a negative influence on the society, but I think people are discounting the positive aspects of people who are trying to use hip-hop - not necessarily rap - as a vehicle for change.
Above ground, the fabulously funky Q Brothers will perform their hip hop-rap act Othello: The Remix.
Is this another self-aggrandizing hip-hop star claiming rap supremacy?
Ms. PURNELL: Well, I feel that, basically, the rap portion of hip-hop does have a negative impact, but also what I would like to state is that there's positive rap out there however it's not being pushed into mainstream as the negative side of it.
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra collaborated with hip-hop artist Al Kapone for a program of orchestral-backed rap as part of its Opus One series performed in alternative spaces.
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Ms. LO: Actually, rap and hip-hop are big also with dance, soul and reggae.
Now, I'm sure all of you have heard your fair share of critique of rap and hip-hop.
In the hard-core rap community hip-hop artists who move into movies are routinely berated for losing their edge.
The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop.
For example, in a recent interview posted on BuzzFeed, the senator offered a detailed discourse on rap and hip-hop.
Like the Rat Pack before them, rap and hip-hop's musical message was so entwined with its sartorial image that its effects couldn't help but be far-reaching.
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Ben was kind enough to let us run it first but it will end up on his blog soon, where he starts his posts with a rap or hip-hop lyric.
As such, the country's rap and hip-hop scene has exploded in popularity in urban centers -- where internet access is highest -- as home-grown artists take advantage of the ability to share and distribute their productions more widely.
Which underscores the point that Baz Luhrmann and Jay-Z (not to be confused with Jay Gatsby) picked the wrong literary giant to mess with when they saturated the soundtrack of the latest filming of Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (1925) with rap and hip-hop.
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The young producer's reputation for bare-bones, "old-school" production and rap styles earned him quick respect in the hip-hop community during the last six years.
Take rap music and hip-hop culture, which sprang from a world that few people knew or understood.
Though Horowitz himself is a noted rap aficionado, he and Andreessen took the plunge because they believe Rap Genius has implications far beyond the hip-hop world, ones that could change the way people interact with information across the entire web.
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Take 25-year-old Alejandro Rosso, with his training in classical and jazz music and his love of timeless musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock, throw in 22-year-old Jonas, who played in punk bands and was influenced by Nirvana, and you wind up with a mix of multilingual rap, swanky lounge-lizard tempos, frisky hip-hop and playful, inane lyrics.
Banner, who made his name as a hip-hop artist, found that he was better able to find work outside of the rap world after his win and has since gotten lucrative gigs scoring music for movies and commercials.
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The famous producer co-founded Def Jam Records with rap mogul Russell Simmons, helping to popularize hip hop music with the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Run-D.
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Under the name MC Yogi, Mr. Giacomini began writing, recording and selling online yoga-centric rap songs, such as "Be the Change, " a hip-hop telling of the story of Mahatma Gandhi.
Later on in the series will come S.mouse, a rap artist from Los Angeles and the creative genius behind the most successful hip-hop single of all time, Slap My Elbow, and other US-based characters.
And the early rap generation overwhelmingly sampled his music and voice as they laid the foundation of hip-hop culture.
The rap duo Kidz in the Hall is sort of like the Vampire Weekend of contemporary hip-hop: Its members met while attending an Ivy League university prominently reflected in their stage getup and they owe much of their success to the file-sharing footsoldiers of the music blogosphere.
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