All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when, I was listening to rap and hip- hop  music. As I was listening to this music I remembered how some people could not connect with these types of songs because they did not understand it. All the reasons as to why many don't understand this music, brought me back to sociology terms. I knew the reasons for the confusion were due to the language (lyrics), the stories of the song, and the listeners back ground. In other words the confusion were the symbols that the songs might of had, the culture the artist and listeners came from, and much more.

Songs that rappers, in the pop culture, like Wisin y Yandel, Tupac, Eminem, J Cole and much more would sing, would have a variety of people connecting with them. For example, like those who come from a Mexican culture could relate with music from Wisin y Yandel. This is because any time these artist mentioned places in Mexico, customs in Latin America, or problems with immigration, people from this back ground could have a deep connection with the song because they have experienced them. When lyrics speak about civil rights movement, or slavery many African Americans would connect with them. Now, a variety of hip-hop and rap songs do focus on the idea of poverty, a common struggle within people of any cultural back ground. So the word money within  lyrics could be a symbol for a days meal or a blessing/miracle to those who are poor or in a middle class. To those who are rich, money is a symbol of a shopping spring for their pets or getting more powerful.Over all, to really understand rap and hip-hop one has to have an idea of were the artist and their lyrics is coming from.