Hip hop as a medium of expressing complaints

This week, one of our topic was hip hop and its history. In the article, it says that "hip hop and reggae have also played roles in political movements opposed to apartheid in South Africa, in struggles for educational and curricular reform, and in battles against police brutality around the globe" (510). And even though it can not influence political movement, hip hop basically tells irrationalities of the society (musicians rap out their complaints through the hip hop music). This reminds me of Korean hip hop muscians, Tiger Jk. He is one of the famous hip hop musicians in Korea. When he attended Beverly Hills High School in LA, the fomer member of N.W.A, Ice Cube announced "Black Korea," which basically said bad things to Korean.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/icecube/blackkorea.html
↑you can see the lyrics

Tiger JK was shocked by this music, because he had admired Ice Cube before he announced the music. And Tiger JK wrote the music "Call me Tiger" to refute the Ice Cube's music, and got a prize on the Hip Hop festival in 1992.
We can see that both Ice Cube and Tiger JK used music as a medium to express their complaints. Ice Cube wrote this because he was insulted in the Korean grocery market. And Tiger JK wrote the music becuase he was insulted, as a Korean, by Ice Cube's music.
There are many ways to express complaints and dissatisfaction through the media, for example, through the TV news, newspaper, documentary films, and so on. And so far, Hip hop is also one of the successful medium to express emotions (usually dissatisfaction rather than pleasure).