Next, the study acknowledges this regional socio-cultural discourse and several Bay Area rappers whose contributions to hip hop were co-opted within the mainstream industry, yet have remained marginalized. Finally, the research examines the phases of the Hyphy Movement, considering the sociological ...
Marginalized youth created Hyphy as a means to release tension from structured authority and to celebrate life and freedom of expression, while the rappers in Hyphy helped fostered the movement as a response against the commercial hip hop industry for not acknowledging the region as a trendsetter ...