In this article, I examine how the dominant paradigm of development led to the Bronx being in a state of ruin, the development of hip-hop culture as a self-empowerment tool, and how that tool is used to direct change in blighted urban areas around the US through rap at all levels—from street corners to the Broadway stage. I use a combination of theories from development communication, ethnomusicology and popular culture to perform my analysis and conclude that hip-hop culture empowers individuals and communities to make change in their neighbourhoods. I also conclude that Lin-Manuel Miranda, coming from that culture, has gone on to bring this empowerment and directed change to Broadway to make fundamental changes there that have an impact that reach far from the hallowed halls of the Great White Way.

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从B-男孩到百老汇：激进主义和嘻哈音乐的直接改变

在本文中，我研究了发展的主导范式如何导致布朗克斯处于破产状态，嘻哈文化作为一种​​自我赋权的工具的发展，以及该工具如何用于指导受灾城市地区的变化从街头到百老汇舞台的各个层面，在美国各地进行说唱。我结合了发展交流，民族音乐学和流行文化的理论来进行分析，并得出结论说，嘻哈文化使个人和社区能够改变自己的社区。我还得出结论，来自这种文化的林·曼努埃尔·米兰达（Lin-Manuel Miranda）继续将这种力量带给百老汇，并在百老汇进行了直接更改，在那进行了根本性的改变，其影响力远远超出了“大白道”的神圣殿堂。