Can’t+Tell+Me+Nothing+Symbolic+Violence,+Education,+and+Kanye+West

=Can’t Tell Me Nothing”: Symbolic Violence, Education, and Kanye West=

This academic article gives an insight into the cultural connotations that hip hop has to mainstream media. It further relates how the conventional narrative of a hip-hop star is one based on coming from a low-income family in areas that are systematically destined to not perform at competing levels. It then contrasts this background to the upbringing of Kanye West. One of middle-class privilege with both of his parents holding advanced degrees and working in higher education. This privilege is a rarity.Kanye has flawlessly merged his middle-class experience with the standard image of a rapper. Acknowledging the plight of all black Americans through his music and image. The information presented in this article is relevant to my studies being that Kanye is essentially caught between two words. One where he is accepted and praised by white society because of his accomplishments & wealth. The other one that he is most familiar with is the problems that persist in the Black community more specifically in his hometown of Chicago he explores this most in his song "Homecoming" from his critically acclaimed album Graduation. This between both worlds understanding exhibits DuBois concept of double consciousness being that Kanye has learned how to navigate in both words with great success.

Works Cited Richardson, Chris. "'Can't Tell Me Nothing': Symbolic Violence, Education, and Kanye West." // Popular Music & Society //, vol. 34, no. 1, Feb. 2011, pp. 97-112. EBSCO// host //, doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.539831. [|PDF Full Text]