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The Music Culture IRL project provides a framework for writers to explore a social issue or global challenge that matters to them in the context of music culture.
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Fake News Causes Real Damage
Fake News Causes Real Damage
We must find out the truth about the information we see online and have the courage to remove the blindfold.
Lucy
Dec 12, 2023
Rhythm of Resilience: Poverty’s Influence on Hip Hop
Rhythm of Resilience: Poverty’s Influence on Hip Hop
While many factors contributed to the creation of hip-hop culture, the poverty faced by those living in the ghettos of inner cities may be…
Aaron Begey
Dec 11, 2023
Hip Hop Speaks on Mental Health
Hip Hop Speaks on Mental Health
Mental health is a complicated issue, but a very important one. It is exceptionally difficult to deal with because of the taboo that…
Brent Johnson
Dec 13, 2023
Resource Shortage: Domestic Violence Victims Left Unsupported
Resource Shortage: Domestic Violence Victims Left Unsupported
‘“Why didn’t you just leave?”’ This question poses a complex dilemma for many domestic violence victims, often leading to internalized…
Dina Dorfman
Dec 12, 2023
Hip Hop: the Influence on Our Psyche
Hip Hop: the Influence on Our Psyche
Rap music is the vocal delivery of personal experiences. These experiences are written within rhyme structures that can be hidden …
Olivia Cook
Dec 18, 2023
Music and Consumer Culture: How Music Can Change the Social Paradigm
Music and Consumer Culture: How Music Can Change the Social Paradigm
If a single article of clothing requires 2,400 gallons of water to produce, why is clothing consumed in excess?
Alexander Yar
Dec 10, 2023
Heat of the Moment
Heat of the Moment
Arizona is hot. Some residents enjoy Arizona for just that reason, with a mild winter climate until the unbearable heat arrives in early…
Collin Nelson
Dec 10, 2023
Modern-Day Political Corruption
Modern-Day Political Corruption
Does the average American have an impact on the laws and regulations that govern their life? The US government is brimming with corruption…
Hibenjaminanderson
Dec 10, 2023
Fashioning Mental Health
Fashioning Mental Health
The time comes for everyone. To combat those negative thoughts, the urge to turn on some emotional music kicks in. Music plays a huge role…
Michael Feyereisen
Dec 11, 2023
Navigating the Complexities of Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Navigating the Complexities of Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Hip hop, born in the Bronx in the 1970s, has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon, influencing music, fashion, and art worldwide…
Erik Garcia
Dec 16, 2023
Human Ecology: REDACTED
Human Ecology: REDACTED
In a healthy and thriving environment, each creature has an essential role to play to maintain the balance struck amongst the rest of the…
Kelson Badger
May 7, 2023
Gender Inequality in American Music
Gender Inequality in American Music
American music has historically expressed the struggle with gender equality, especially when it comes to women. Women have encountered…
Nadia Morales Rivera
May 8, 2023
Musicians on Climate Change
Musicians on Climate Change
Climate change is a problem facing everyone on earth, and it continues to march forward. Due to this, certain groups In the music industry…
Aiden Silvertooth
May 8, 2023
The Power of Color in Music
The Power of Color in Music
Throughout the course of history, people of color have been highly mistreated. Racism targets many nationalities, especially those from…
Juan Martinez
Dec 20, 2020
Music as a Source for Change
Music as a Source for Change
Do you ever just sit alone and start tearing up due to a song? Music is everywhere and is a universal language living inside of people…
Ramirez Cesar
Dec 19, 2022
Women Artists Need to Take Back Their Story
Women Artists Need to Take Back Their Story
Women contemporary music artists worked to have acceptance for their songwriting, but younger generations may exploit this for commercial…
Grace Gray
Dec 11, 2022
Battling Mental Health with Lyrics
Battling Mental Health with Lyrics
Do you ever feel alone? Well, you might be surprised to know that about 73% of musical artists are considered depressed according to Dr…
Kaycie Poyner
Dec 12, 2022
Hip Hop Confronts Mental Health
Hip Hop Confronts Mental Health
Hip hop and mental health have had a very complicated relationship to say the least. This history spans from the raw retelling of the…
Diego Newsome
May 10, 2023
The American Un-Education System
The American Un-Education System
The United States of America is home to many of the world’s best and brightest, but is the U.S. really producing these people? This is not…
Ryan Giacinto
Dec 17, 2022
The Fight Within
The Fight Within
The freedom that the United States prides itself on was not handed out nor wondered upon to be carried out by its citizens. It was fought…
Elias Carlon
Dec 16, 2022
B-Break Poverty with Education
B-Break Poverty with Education
“In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.”
Erika DeMartini
Nov 25, 2022
Ascending to the Stars as One with Greta Van Fleet
Ascending to the Stars as One with Greta Van Fleet
For centuries, music has managed to reveal different beliefs, practices, ideas, issues, and truths. While we live in a world with differing…
baylie Sutton
May 8, 2022
Can The Homeless Population Rely On Us?
Can The Homeless Population Rely On Us?
Social issues are problems that disturb the human race in a particular community. They are a congregation of similar issues in today’s…
Luke Lavin
Dec 12, 2021
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