“Are Hip Hop and Rap the new Rock and Roll?” Give examples from the video below (minimum 250 words). Reply to at least two of your classmate’s posts (minimum 50 words).

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In this video, the YouTuber talks about different reasons how the rock and roll industry has fallen into the “crab mentality”.Whether hip-hop and rap are the new rock and roll topics discussed by the teacher. I think hip-hop is a new era of music. More and more people in society now like hip-hop and rap music. The more people give recognition to this kind of music. Hip-hop can occupy a seat from an underground music to now. It’s all because the lyrics are too real. Its flow and speech speed is not available in many kinds of music. Rap brings excitement to people. Rap artists and their fans will not be affected by this mentality like modern rock music. The point to reiterate throughout the video is that this is due to the content and background behind the music because rock music is obsessed with authenticity and DIY image. Crab mentality is divided into two. One is “Any successful person must compromise morally”, and the other is “Art cannot be both good and popular.” He mentioned how people start to hate it because of insecurity and crab mentality. The thinking process of “If I can’t have it, no one can”, is precisely because of this mentality that many music genres are disliked. But I still believe that hip-hop will succeed.