Rap Music and the non-Black Community

Rap music has evolved overtime, and over the years new artists have risen up, many who come from a non-Black culture. It’s true that the rap industry has always been surrounded by African American figures, but times are and have been changing, allowing the convergence of different nationalities to create a new phase of rap music. The increase of rap music production outside of non-Black communities reflects the adaption to this form of music. But with different nationalities coming together, there has been a huge controversy with the usage of the n-word within these non-Black rap artists in the rap industry. Priester (2018) emphasizes the idea that non-Black people should have respect to the usage of the n-word while creating music and while singing along to any lyrics that includes this word. In the other hand, unlike Priester others believe that the usage of the n-word has become so common in rap music that the usage of this word does not cause any type of offense. Just like the words “bro” and “dude” are used to refer to someone who one is associated with, the n-word holds almost the same purpose. Overall, the steady rise of rap music production outside the African American culture is the result that rap music itself, holds within people’s lives disregarding their sex and nationality. Although the n-word is said to be offensive to the African American community, times have changed and the meaning of this word holds a less offensive purpose when referring to someone.