Meaning of conscious rap | Babel Free

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A subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s, characterized by Afrocentricity and sociopolitical comments.

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“In the late 1980s, a new generation of black university students enlisted the Afrocentrism of conscious rap in their interactions with both the white educational establishment and the black working class. Directed toward their professors, conscious rap became a tool in debates over the importance of multicultural education and African American Studies programs.”

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