Let the music be music
(2023) UTVK03 20231Sociology
- Abstract
- Hip-hop has always been controversial. Topics such as violence, drugs, and crime have been reoccurring themes for a long time, and using these topics to depict the realities of their communities is a common occurrence in hip-hop. The aim of this study is to analyze how young people in Malmö’s suburbs experience the depiction of their residential areas in hip-hop and to discover their thoughts on a potential restriction on the genre and what they believe will be the implication of it. This topic is important to highlight because of the lack of research in the Swedish context. Studies have been done in the US and UK, but despite the popularity of gangster rap and hip-hop in Sweden, there is still a knowledge gap to fill. Through primary data... (More)
- Hip-hop has always been controversial. Topics such as violence, drugs, and crime have been reoccurring themes for a long time, and using these topics to depict the realities of their communities is a common occurrence in hip-hop. The aim of this study is to analyze how young people in Malmö’s suburbs experience the depiction of their residential areas in hip-hop and to discover their thoughts on a potential restriction on the genre and what they believe will be the implication of it. This topic is important to highlight because of the lack of research in the Swedish context. Studies have been done in the US and UK, but despite the popularity of gangster rap and hip-hop in Sweden, there is still a knowledge gap to fill. Through primary data collection, the interviews were transcribed and analyzed to find patterns and themes that occurred during the interviews. The focus is on the participant's views, understandings, experiences, and opinions. The theories applied in this study are Stanley Cohen's theory about moral panic, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capital, and Lois Wacquant’s theory on territorial stigmatization. The findings of this study showed that the participants felt positive toward the representation of their areas in the music because it depicts an actual reality, whether it be good or bad. They are strongly against the restriction of rap music because they believe that there are other pressing social matters that need to be identified and solved and to let music be music, without censorship. (Less)
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- author
- Abdullahi, Muntaha Ali LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A study on hip-hop’s depiction of residential areas in Malmö and potential restrictions on the genre
- course
- UTVK03 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Malmö, gangster rap, hip-hop, restriction, suburbs, exclusion, portrayal.
- language
- English
- id
- 9131612
- date added to LUP
- 2023-07-04 09:45:59
- date last changed
- 2023-07-04 09:45:59
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abstract = {{Hip-hop has always been controversial. Topics such as violence, drugs, and crime have been reoccurring themes for a long time, and using these topics to depict the realities of their communities is a common occurrence in hip-hop. The aim of this study is to analyze how young people in Malmö’s suburbs experience the depiction of their residential areas in hip-hop and to discover their thoughts on a potential restriction on the genre and what they believe will be the implication of it. This topic is important to highlight because of the lack of research in the Swedish context. Studies have been done in the US and UK, but despite the popularity of gangster rap and hip-hop in Sweden, there is still a knowledge gap to fill. Through primary data collection, the interviews were transcribed and analyzed to find patterns and themes that occurred during the interviews. The focus is on the participant's views, understandings, experiences, and opinions. The theories applied in this study are Stanley Cohen's theory about moral panic, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capital, and Lois Wacquant’s theory on territorial stigmatization. The findings of this study showed that the participants felt positive toward the representation of their areas in the music because it depicts an actual reality, whether it be good or bad. They are strongly against the restriction of rap music because they believe that there are other pressing social matters that need to be identified and solved and to let music be music, without censorship.}},
author = {{Abdullahi, Muntaha Ali}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Let the music be music}},
year = {{2023}},
}