Chicago's Inner-City Life and Culture
- UNCP Author/Contributor (non-UNCP co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Aaliyah Weatherington (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP )
- Web Site: http://www.uncp.edu/academics/library
- Advisor
- David Walton
Abstract: When I took Dr. Walton's "History of Hip Hop" course, he mentioned the term 'drill rap'. Because of the limited time we had in the semester, we did not discuss a lot about drill rap, so I decided to do further research and found interest in it. 'Drill rap' is characterized with "trap-influenced beats...paired with violent lyrics that focus on gang life, drugs, guns and killing. Drill itself means to fight or scrap and can also refer to a firearm."1 Keon Diego's definition helped me understand that 'drill rap' is associated with violence in Chicago.I then developed a research question: how did this subgenre develop in such a particular location? To answer the question, I gathered some historical data for Chicago regarding crime, income, and education (since they all intersect) during the 80s/90s. I also gathered some contemporary data regarding crime, income, and education so I could compare the six datasets. In addition, I focused on different neighborhoods in Chicago for each of the three datasets so my maps would not be cluttered. For instance, if I just focused on North Lawndale, it would be very difficult to effectively convey the historical and present statistics on crime, income, and education on my maps. Instead, I focused on different neighborhoods for two reasons: it is not a cluttered mess and it effectively shows that 'drill rap' applies to more than one Chicago neighborhood. Also, I produced a map illustrating the diaspora of Hip Hope music in the United States. This map shows the spatial pattern of the origins of Hip Hop as a whole as well as the origins of drill rap in Chicago.
Chicago's Inner-City Life and Culture
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Honors Project
- Language: English
- Date: 2019
- Keywords
- Drill Rap, Hip Hop, Chicago, Violence, Crime, Income, Education,