Identity of Rap Music

"Gangstas, Thugs, and Hustlas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music," by Charis E. Kubrin I learn about the connect between respect and power in the street. "This street code articulates powerful norms and characterizes public social relations among residents, particularly with respect to violence," this being said meant that the street code was in order for on to be powerful like everybody else in the streets or respected, one must use violence. In using violence one is building a reputation that gives one an identity as a person that deserves respect. For example using guns because guns symbolize  power and stop disputes, which many would respect you because they fear actions done with guns. In this article we see that in the inner city these residents take matters in their own hands where the make justice and "willingly suffer the consequences," all fro social control since police wouldn't help these people from the streets the helped themselves. The ideas I can connect to the ideas of street life and rap music which Kubrin describes, are that in order to survive in a social world you should be about to find a way to express yourself and the way one express their-selves can allow others to understand you and your life just like raps and street life residents try to express their personality in a way so others would respect them and understand them. Rap and street life build a reputation so many wouldn't have to go through the trouble of judging (because judging a rapper or a street person could bring out a gun if thats how they get their respect) because they express themselves once and for life they are known for that, and for raps the lyrics express what their reputation is and how they came across from it. From this article the only one idea that I thought about was the main idea of rap and street life behavior was all for respect, I know everybody does things for respect but I mainly thought street residents were act in such a manor because they were angry about something, but now I know that it's about respect.