“FINAL PAPER!!!” Due on Tuesday 12/19/23, 3:00pm SHARP NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!! (I would start now, it is not hard but it will take some time) NO REWRITES ALLOWED!!!! Best practices sug


“FINAL PAPER!!!” Due on Tuesday 12/19/23, 3:00pm SHARP

NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!! (I would start now, it is not hard but it will take some time) NO REWRITES ALLOWED!!!!

Best practices suggest that you simply outline your arguments 1st and make notes of what kinds of quotes you would like to include. And find your scholarly resource articles early!!!  

In the attached document, Harrison and Author, operationalize an analysis of Hip Hop towards defining its ethos. They delineate several characteristics in the culture of Hip Hop.

Pick 4 of the following 10 contributions from the article that are listed below to use for your Final. 

Be clear to fully write out the characteristics that you picked on your cover page.

Follow this structure on your cover page.

This is just a detailed framework of what I will be reading in your paper. if it is missing or misrepresented you will be highly penalized.

#3. Flow, Layering, Rupture

      Hip hop ethos article #1 quote pg. 5 of 14

In class #1- quote HW# 9 from The Education of Hip-Hop by Irvin Weathersby Jr. Scholarly resource #1&2 quotes Asante pg. 378

#4. Production of Hype

      Hip hop ethos article #2 quote pg. 7 0f 14

      In class #2-Proverb

      Scholarly resource #3 quote Gilroy pg. 219

#6. Individual and Communal Entrepreneurship

      Hip hop ethos article #3 quote pg. 9 of 14

      In class #3 Wildstyle Video (34:16)

      Scholarly resource #4 Asante, pg. 392

#9  Repurposing Property and Space

      Hip hop ethos article #4 quote pg. 11 of 14

      In class #4 Micheal Eric Dyson Video (4:23)

      Scholarly resource #5 Anderson, pg. 18

Below are your heading options. 

A. In your final paper you must use at least 2 (or more) scholarly resources (Journal articles tend to be your safest option. Use the library database and the options reviewed in the library research methods lecture).

1. Introduction

2. Hip Hop as a Black Diasporic Tradition

3. Flow, Layering, Rupture

4. Productive Consumption

5. Production of Hype

6. Individual and Communal Entrepreneurship

7. Committed Politics of Action and Loyalty

8. Counter Knowledge

9. Repurposing Property and Space

10. Loyalty to Hip Hop 

B. The final paper must be at least 5 pages long (1250 words) excluding the cover page and works cited page. The method of citation should be in MLA format. (Google it)

C. 1 direct quotation from the attached article Hip Hop Ethos reading which is this Article 

Hip-Hop Ethos by Anthony Kwame Harrison  and Craig E. Arthur 

. For each characteristic (a minimum total of 4 quotes) must be included in the paper and identified with (HHE#1, HHE#2, etc.. at the end of the reference). 

D. 1 direct quotation for each principle to any “In Class” (a minimum total of 4) topic, proverb, homework (8-16) or movie. It must be carefully detailed (just don’t be vague, if I have to question whether the topic was even engaged you must remember that my opinion, in this case, matters more than you may want to admit) and identified with (IC#1, IC#2 etc…at the end of the reference).

Use these 4 proverbs – 

– “he who leans, teaches

– “If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or change the nail” – Africa

– “no one tests the depth of a river with both feet”

– “there is no medicine to cure hatred”

E. 1 of the 2 Scholarly Resources must be quoted in each principle (a minimum total of 4 quotes)— (This is in addition to the HHE# and IC# requirement) must be referenced (quoted) and identifiers with (SR#1 &SR#2 at the end of the reference).

To keep the papers consistent in form for grading ALL PAPERS SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING FORMAT.******************************************************************************************

1. Title Page with your framed content literally written out. Follow the example above.

2. Did you include your formatted “Works Cited?”

3. As you fulfilled each requirement did you place the appropriate identifier at the end of the sentence (IC#3)? All identifiers must be in a sequence HHE#1, HHE#2, HHE#3, HHE#4, IC#1, IC#2, IC#3, IC#4, SR#1, SR#2, SR#3, SR#4 etc.

4. Is the integration of each quote meaningful?

EXAMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#2 Hip Hop as a Black Diasporic Tradition

Malcolm X’s philosophy revolved around the proclamation that Black is beautiful. Instead of the mainstream nonviolent strategy, Malcolm X focused on empowering Black individuals and communities. His strategy formed the foundation of the Black Nationalisms, “arguing that the racial makeup of the school population that was the problem, but that the schools were not controlled by Black people, for the benefit of the Black community” (HHE#1, Andrews, p.10 ). Rather than try to achieve integration, Malcolm X figured the fight for white respect, redemption, and repair was a lost cause. He was not shy about the “ “brainwashed condition of blacks” and the crimes which “the devil white man” had committed against them” (SR#1 Cone, p. 65). This rhetoric was radical to most and retaliators dubbed Malcolm X racist. Andrews asserts that “within Black Radicalism there is no inherent hatred for any group. When those like Malcolm X excoriate Whites this is not because of their ontological position of being White, but rather because of what Western society has done as White people” (HHE#2Andrews, p.11). Malcolm X’s black nationalism tied into his pessimism about the state of the movement and nonviolence as an effective way to enact change. He did not want the love of a white man, for that is not enough to mend the damage he has done to African Americans. Malcolm X believed it was not the responsibility of African Americans to teach whites to be tolerant; “you don’t need pain killers for another man’s headache” (IC#1, Nigeria, Igala,). It is not the responsibility of the oppressed to justify their oppression, comfort their oppressor, and convince them to love. Malcolm X embodied Black empowerment, advocating for education, protection, and confidence.