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Opposing war hasn't always been socially accepted, but it has created a genre of music, where an artist can inform the community of what's going on outside of the music industry. This genre has turned defiance into a raging, soaring gesture of community awareness.
Many artist have put their focus on the war, they just aren't being heard. There are multiple cases of artists releasing expressive pieces supporting the discontunation of the war and having their songs pulled off air because of the controversial context.
Bands such as Anti - Flag can be characterized as protest music. When it comes to pointing out the flaws of Amercan politics and societly, Anti - Flag will never let us down. "9-11 for Peace" is another artistic statement written in response to the September 11th tragedy. The song begs for peace, and the ending of innocent deaths in such a revenge-hungered world. |
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Starting orginally as party music or an escape to everyday life, hip hop started in 1988. When Public Enemy released It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back hip hop became another form of social protest through music. In the song, Don't Believe the Hype, Public Enemy front man Chuck D raps about the way the music industry and the media protrays African American People: "The minute they see me, they fear/ I'm the epitome -- a public enemy/ Used, abused without clues/ I refused to blow a fuse/ They even had it on the news/ Don't believe the hype."
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