Monologe
Posted by Josh Ho on November 5, 2014In my life I do something every waking moment, I do it when I shower, when i wash my dishes, when I play games, when I do laundry, I do it everywhere. I love it so much that it can be classified as an addiction. I cannot think of a life where I do not do this. I make it seem like this is a life or death situation but it really isn’t. What I love to do is listen to music. Music to me is a universal thing, it is a sacred thing, it is the spice of life. I love listening to many genres, ranging from classical music to rap/hiphop. But what I cannot stand about music is how people put barriers on music.
I grew up listening to rap and hiphop. I love the poetic feeling that it gives me, and in New York you can find a plethora of individuals who share the same feelings towards hiphop and rap. However, there are many people who puts barrier, the most common one is that rap/hiphop is for black people. I’ve heard this many times growing in New York. People ask me, why am I listening to “black people” music and if I am trying to be “Black”. They look at me and say that I should go back to listening to K-Pop. It gets me frustrated that even someone as universal as music is being influenced by this race war that is still continuing to this day.