First post, and my views on hip-hop culture

What's up ya'll, this is my first post on this blog, so I'll start off with a short introduction. My name's Matt, aka The Hip-Hop Nerd, and I'll be discussing any and all news, happenings, and aspects in general related to the hip-hop culture.

Hip-hop "culture" to me isn't a "culture" in the classical sense. The term "culture" refers to how a group of people live and interact with one another. This includes how they eat, sleep, think, raise their kids, build their houses, the music they listen to, the clothes they wear, the artwork they create, their folktales, religious views, recreation, and customs. While the "hip-hop culture" does follow some of these patterns, it is for the most part out of touch with the rest. There's no real way to eat hip-hop or raise your kid to be hip-hop. I think of hip-hop culture more so as a culture peripheral; it can be added to existing cultures to change it or enrich it.

Next post, we get started.