FlowStory The Channel

The short history of Hip-Hop culture and rap music was born of an environment that was at once both oppressive and unyieldingly innovative. Present day rap music shares these characteristics despite existing within a different type of landscape. Now, rap music is woven throughout the fabric of pop-culture, and now it includes innovation from environments of injustice and oppression as much as environments of unbridled wealth and prosperity.Despite arguments to the counter, a greater emphasis exists more today than ever on deconstructing content for personal development, community well-being, and redressing inequities. These videos capture messages about esteem, resilience, growth, community and change, all elements of the individual and community empowerment framework proposed by Dr. Raphael Travis and colleagues. 

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