It is important to note the history of Hip-hop as an original American music, more specifically, as an original African-American music that became mainstream American popular culture. African-American music also had its own history of white appropriation that continuously re-occurs as a form of racial discrimination and a promoter of social inequality. ... Whites utilize the appeal of African-American culture in order to take control of revenue and maintain elite status. ... The documentary shows white girls from a Midwestern white community involved in Hip-hop dancing while wearing baggy clot...

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