Critical Investigation: Task #5


Critical Investigation: Task #5

Produce a detailed essay plan for your critical investigation, covering everything that you hope to include in your first draft over Christmas. 



To what extent do political hip hop music videos such as T.I – Warzone initiate the media debate of police brutality and has helped to transform the social issue?


Introduction (200)
·         “We must be honest about our status in the fight against police brutality in America. We are losing.”
  • -End of Joyner Lucas- I’m Not Racist music video “We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us and wealth classified us.”
  • ·      -   Police brutality and racism definition.
  • ·      - A statistic of police brutality (up to date 926 people) in 2017.
  • ·      - Political Hip Hop definition
  • ·      - PB and racism and political hip hop combined = music videos and songs such as T.I – Warzone which is primary text.
  • ·         -Argument on Warzone objective and change, rise in technology, whether or not music evokes change.


Historical Text (400)
  • -Police Brutality and Racism

·         “The term “police brutality” was in use in the American press as early as 1872, when the Chicago Tribune reported on the beating of a civilian under arrest at the Harrison Street Police Station.”
  • ·       -Statistics from 21st century – rising or dropping?
  • ·      - Martin Luther King
  • ·       -Malcom X
  • ·       -Civil Rights Movement
  • ·       - Emmett Till


  • -Political Hip Hop

·         “Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately political hip-hop group. It has helped to create a new form of social expression for subordinate groups to speak about their exclusions, injustices and lack of power.” – Wikipedia
·         
  • -    - Tupac
  • ·       -  Biggie Smalls


Textual Analysis(500)
  • ·        - Context behind T.I – Warzone (made/aim/focus on police brutality victims)
  • ·         -Subversion of the representation.
  • ·        - Would this help change perception?
  • ·         -Audience views and overall reviews.
  • ·         -T.I interview about Warzone.
  • ·         -Jane Elliot speech at the end.
  • ·        - Marxism as a theory.
  • ·         -Shaun King quotations.
  • ·         -Social issues.
  • ·         -Black Live Matter campaign.


Research/Theory (800)
•   Research about Philando Castile.
•   Research about Eric Garner.
•   Research about Tamir Rice.
•   Theories of police brutality wider knowledge and research.


  • -Secondary Texts
  • ·         -MAIN- Joyner Lucas – I’m Not Racist (Lyrics, usefulness, what it is about, when it was made)
  • ·        - Beyonce Lemonade Album (&Freedom ft Kendrick Lamar)
  • ·         -Kendrick Lamar - Alright


  • -Changes over time/ Future

•   Has things improved?
•   Use of video recordings- lead to more justice?
•   Does there seem to be an increase in PB because of footage or is it actually decreasing?
•   Police officer that got convicted (20 years) for shooting Walter Scott (2015) - Accountability
•   Increase of black owned businesses/minorities in higher positions
•   World of music becoming increasingly more influential.

Conclusion (100)
·       Has hip-hop changed/influenced PB?

·       What will happen in the future? 

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