Beyond Beats & Rhymes, a doucmentary about hip-hop and its cons by Byron Hurt is powerful on showing the truth behind hip-hop. This film is important for the youth of this generation to see. Not a lot of people, especially the youth analyze the lyrics that rap puts out to the public. I'm not gonna sit here and lie and act like I don't listen to some of the ignorant misogynistic music that a lot of people do. What people don't realize is that these lyrics are being heard by all genders and ethnicities and that some words like" bitch, hoe, slut, fag, pussy , nigga etc." are degrading. IN the film the said hip-hop was stuck in a box. I feel like this a lightweight true because radio stations and music channel are not playing the good rap music. They are not playing Immortal Technique or Zion-I and artist that rap about social issues. In the film a guy said Hip Hop is all about drugs and hoes. I strongly disagree with this. As far as my understanding hip-hop is MC'n, Dj'n, graffiti, and breakdancing. May be unfortunately drugs and hoes is what hip hop is all about in the mainstream industry . Getting a lot of different points of views from different faces of hip-hop made the film a lot stronger for Hurt.
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