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@proceedings{1418201,
author = {Maurer, Joanna},
booktitle = {Occupied! Popular music, capital, state and society International conference, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts of University of Ljubljana, Institute of Cultural and Memory Studies ZRC SAZU a German Society for Popular Music Studies GfPM.},
keywords = {ethnology, music, rap, performance},
language = {eng},
title = {Rappers as prophets. Crypto – theology in rap music based on Slovak and Polish representatives},
url = {https://transyuformator.wordpress.com/occupied-popular-music-capital-state-and-society/},
year = {2016}
}
TY - CONF
ID - 1418201
AU - Maurer, Joanna
PY - 2016
TI - Rappers as prophets. Crypto – theology in rap music based on Slovak and Polish representatives
KW - ethnology, music, rap, performance
UR - https://transyuformator.wordpress.com/occupied-popular-music-capital-state-and-society/
N2 - Rap music (or hip hop music) is one of the most popular music styles nowadays. Furthermore: rhythm and rhyme songs are substitutes of literature. Even more, beatboxing declamations are alternative for the Bible. Based on texts of Slovak rapper Mark Spirit and Polish rap band Paktofonika I would like to present (un)hidden aspirations of rap texts. Aspirations to bring the truth, to show the right way, to comment reality with meaningful, relevant and illuminating way. Mark Spirit sings in one of his song: “Verím srdcu viac, jak svetu a nie som kňaz / Ale prorok a vravím”, that is: “I believe to the heart more than to the World and I am not a priest / I am the prophet, so I say”. Rap songs are short, but full of contests and parables, some of them are almost self - reliant morality tales. Truth, fidelity, consistency, fighting the good fight, caring about family, trusted friends and keeping disagreements and attitude of opposition to enemies are main and common topics for this kind of music. Stories in rap songs are often full of existential and ethic topics. Rappers are like prophets, theirs concerts like a mystery or a ceremony. And finally, rappers alone would like to be extraordinary and prophetic, would like to be a medium between the truth and people. The question is: should we pay for the word of truth? Most of the rappers probably will say: yes. Hence, maybe being prophet is not a vocation, but a profession.
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MAURER, Joanna. Rappers as prophets. Crypto – theology in rap music based on Slovak and Polish representatives. In \textit{Occupied! Popular music, capital, state and society International conference, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts of University of Ljubljana, Institute of Cultural and Memory Studies ZRC SAZU a German Society for Popular Music Studies GfPM.}. 2016.
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