Spirituality and Empowerment

When we think about the ongoing rise of global technology and the spiritual exploration of youth and young adults due to ongoing skepticism toward mainstream religious institutions throughout the United States we should consider the socio-spiritual and transformative strides that Hip-hop culture is continuing to make both in the U.S. and in the world. From an outsider looking in he/she may only see what the naked eye sees a party or loud music. However when people from the Hip-hop Diaspora utilize the culture as a platform for self-expression—both artistically and verbally—they organically transform divested spaces while simultaneously reaffirming their spirituality as co-creators of the Divine through the use of Hip-hop cultures elements of djing eMCeeing dancing graffiti fashion beat boxing and in this particular case knowledge of self.