A$AP Rocky became a hip-hop
sociologist in his hot video, “Wild for the Night”. His new album
Long.Live.A$ap is at the top of the charts and is sure to please hip-hop heads.
Reminiscent of the movie “City of
God”, A$ap’s cinematic video exposed the dark reality of being poor and Black
in Latin America. These wonderfully captured scenes unearth the social and
economic issues in the DR.
In 2005, I visited the Dominican
Republic with my mother for vacation. What I saw was exactly what this video reveals.
During my trip, many Dominicans were listening to rappers such as 50 cent and
identified strongly to hip-hop culture.
Unfortunately “the darker you are
the poorer you are” is the case in many Latin American cities today. A$ap
ingeniously used his music for cultural exchange and social awareness.
Have you ever been to Latin
America? What were your experiences?
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