He is a very well known artist. His work is recognized all over the city and he is a respected figure in his community. He takes a seat at his home and prepares to create his art composition as he usually does. He sits in front of his work table with the usual sheet of paper. However, instead of picking up a pastel, a pencil, or a paintbrush and drawing or painting which you might have expected him to do, he puts on his studio headphones and begins rapping with the beat from the recorder gracefully and rhythmically. In his community he is considered to be a hip-hop artist, yet, some will say that hip-hop is not art. Hip-hop is considered to them to be a youthful "fad" that promotes violence and negativity. Antagonists often claim that hip-hop has no clear meaning and isn't deep enough to fall under what they consider to be art.
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English: The Hip Hop artist Gee BayssOn the contrary, hip-hop is not merely a "fad" or style of music that will die out like a candle in the wind, but rather art.
Art is one of the few things in this world that is tangible yet intangible, it can be defined but can never be held to a single definition. It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this holds true only in a perfect world. In our society, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. In this case this means the powers that be, the establishment, mainstream society. Beauty should be in the hearts and minds of every individual. Art is defined as the conscience production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or any other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production in a graphic medium. This...