Political hip hop is a style of Hip Hop music that developed in the 1980s: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five released the first well-known political rap single in 1982 called "The Message", which encouraged numerous hip hop artists to address social/political subjects.
The musical style refers to artists, who have overt political affiliations and agendas. It can also be used to include political artists of all ideological stripes: black nationalist (Public Enemy together with affiliates Ice Cube and Paris), Marxist (The Coup, Marxman), socialist (Dead Prez, Immortal Technique) and even anarchist (Emcee Lynx).
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