ABSTRACT

This paper critically engages the ways in which hip-hop artists and scholars have commonly defined authenticity and “the real” in relation to Black male identities with an emphasis on the dominant representations of the real associated with the “gangsta” persona. In a crucial shift, however, open discussion about mental health and Black social existence has helped to unravel prior concepts of unyielding masculinity, facilitating the public expression of Black interior reflection and contributing to a radically revised, post-gangsta conceptualization of “the real” in hip-hop.

中文翻译：

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“事情已经改变”：重新校准嘻哈中的真实

摘要

本文批判性地探讨了嘻哈艺术家和学者通常定义与黑人男性身份相关的真实性和“真实”的方式，并强调与“黑帮”角色相关的真实的主要表现形式。然而，在一个关键的转变中，关于心理健康和黑人社会存在的公开讨论有助于解开先前不屈不挠的男子气概的概念，促进黑人内心反思的公开表达，并有助于对“真实”进行彻底修订的后帮派概念化在嘻哈。