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‘The world is yours’: the globalization of hip-hop language

2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/13504630.2015.1121569

1363-0296

Marcyliena Morgan,

Caribbean history, culture, and politics

This article is † This quote is from Nas (aka Nassir Jones) 1994 'The World is Yours' Illmatic, Columbia Records. It is the response to the song's refrain, 'Whose world is this?' This article is partially based on Marcyliena Morgan and Dionne Bennett (2011) 'Hip-Hop and the Global Imprint of a Black Cultural Form', Daedalus vol. 140, no. 2, pp. 176–196 and Marcyliena Morgan and Dawn Elissa Fischer (2010) 'Hiphop and Race: Blackness, Language and Creativity', in Hazel Rose Markus and Paula L. Moya (eds) Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century. New York: Norton Press. I am solely responsible for its content.an analysis of the cultural, linguistic and artistic features of hip-hop that cultures translate into their social world and embed in their culture, language ideology, and performance styles. It begins with an analysis of features of hip-hop in the U.S. that appear in global hip-hop. It then considers the modes of dissemination of African American music, language and politics worldwide and the influence of various forms of media and technology. It then presents two case studies, one in South America (São Paulo, Brazil) and the other in Europe (Paris, France). Finally, it critiques the place and role of hip-hop in popular culture, academia and countries throughout the world.