This article will reflect on hip-hop and the music industry. This will provide insight into the history of hip-hop. It will show how hip-hop was born and how the music has a huge influence on mainstream media. Urban America quickly became interested in the new wave of music and a person's personal struggle in life and on the streets. This will show how the media glorifies rappers and their celebrity to give a false view of the lifestyle. Hip Hop Music TodayEven before the words were spoken, there was music. There are so many aspects to music and the main one is to make a person feel good and happy. It also tells a story and allows a person to make a connection with the artist. A good source of music can help you escape from certain tragedies or relationship problems like a breakup. The crudeness and grittiness of the series echoed racist caricatures of the past and resurrected regressive depictions of African Americans on television. Because African Americans have been at the forefront of hip-hop (rap) music. Def Comedy Jam was just another outlet for free speech for rap artists. Hip-hop was aggressive and oppositional, breaking away from the traditional music of the past. All music has struggled to reach audiences. Jazz, rock and roll, and hip-hop refused to be melodic and calm. The rappers didn't have a band, they had a vinyl turntable; music consisted not of skillful arrangement of instruments but of skillful production of sounds. When rap music included traditional melodies, they were most often compositions that others had made, for example funk or R&B, borrowed from black music predecessors like James Brown. Most hip-hop music today is made up of more than just the "rap" music of the era. The most popular songs have a chorus, a catchy chorus that breaks up the rapped verses. But then as now, hip-hop music is about the manipulation of sounds, the layering of beats, bass lines, sound effects, the MC's voice, the melody of the chorus. (“The emergence of