Hip-Hop is a popular culture originated from African Americans. From music to clothing to people’s words and deeds, its influence has spread all over the world. Although Hip-Hop now is a The posture of trendy culture appears on the world stage, but its deep spiritual connotation is rarely known

Although there are artists engaged in Hip-Hop music creation in various countries, for decades, those who have led this trend have Most of the top artists in the music trend have always been African Americans, which has to talk about the rhythmic African ancestry flowing in their bodies.

The ancestors of most African-American residents were born through It began hundreds of years ago with the bloody slave trade from the African continent to the Americas. This is a history of blood and tears. Ever since the discovery of resource-rich Africa, it has been plundered by highly civilized Europeans. At that time, Europeans believed that obesity was It was a barbaric and backward land with no history, so they robbed it while claiming that they were spreading the fire of civilization.

Africa is one of the birthplaces of mankind, and the earliest ape-man bone fossils in the world were found here. However, there is no written record of the history of Africa. However, the ancient tribes on the continent developed another non-written way of preserving information, which is oral inheritance through vivid music and rhythm. Some scholars once wanted to investigate a certain African The scholar continued to wait, and after a few hours he asked why no one had come to introduce him, and he was told that someone had already come. The introduction has been completed - it turns out that the drums with different rhythms are the chief's family history. Africans do not have words to write down their culture, but they inherit these spiritual heritage through music and other forms.

Music It is an important part of African black culture. Every tribe has customs passed down from generation to generation. All social activities have customs passed down from generation to generation. All social activities have accompanying music to serve them. Birth, wedding, harvest, war , death, any important moment, there must be music. And we cannot simply use words like 'music' to describe it, but on African land, this is a sound culture necessary for life, in addition to drums, flutes and other specialized Made musical instruments, iron plows, coconut shells, reeds, clapping hands, stamping feet, and other objects and means that can make sounds can be used to create music under certain circumstances.

Drums are of course African. There are many types of African drums, the most important musical instrument. Different types of drums and different drumming methods announce different contents: summons, declaration of war, accompaniment of singing, accompanying dancing, etc. There are very strict regulations on the sound of drums, and drummers They may even be executed for tapping errors. Of course, this is too harsh, but it also reflects the importance of rhythm in Africa. There are also professional musicians in Africa who make a living by playing or singing for various ceremonies. Most of the time, their The performance tasks are all to praise the king or chief.

When black Africans were trafficked to the Americas, as soon as they landed, their identity became slaves. In this strange new continent, the music of their hometown always existed. In their hearts, they preserved it in their own way. During the colonial period before American independence, slaves' own parties and festivals continued. For example, black people's own unique festival-Chief's Day. Black people gathered together to vote freely. Their own chief, but this is just a formality. Of course, the slave owners will not allow or recognize the rights and existence of the chief. And the significance of this activity is not to elect a chief, but that the black people can have a few days of rest to engage in their own hobbies. Entertainment activities. Everyone can sing and dance according to African traditions, and the drummers also beat the drums representing the chiefs from beginning to end.

While the colonists were trading slaves, they also brought them to the New World without religious belief. At that time Slaves in the North American colonies were actually patriarchal. The head of the family was the head of the family. Black slaves generally had the surname of their family, and their names were also listed on the baptismal list of the family. Because the colonists were all highly devout Catholics, In North America at that time, people who did not believe in religion would be ostracized from the community, even if they did so out of sincere faith

And let their own slaves also become believers. However, there is only one Bible, and the black slaves also received the same Christian teachings as the colonists. Singing hymns is a required course for religious education, and most black slaves do so with great enthusiasm To sing papal songs. In fact, the black people who suffered from slavery found the projection of their own suffering in the Bible - the Hebrews wandering in the desert, the Jews imprisoned in Babylon, and being crucified on the cross. Jesus, they regard all this as their own tragic history. So black people continue to absorb religious knowledge in order to find spiritual support for their suffering.