Rap como discurso político de resistência

Abstract

The present study deals with rap as a political discourse of resistance and aims at promoting, through a historical and critical retrospective, in addition to the discussion on the expression of resistance of the peripheral Brazilian black population from the musical genre of Rap. In methodological lines, to obtain the objectives, is based on bibliographic research and analysis of lyrics content on web sites based on the theory of Social Representations of Barreto (2011) and Santos and Scopinho (2015). Other authors were instrumental in supporting the main elements of this study, such as Taperman (2015), Savazzoni (2015), Salles (2017), Righi (2011), Martin (2010), among others. To this end, the study was divided into two large sections; the first refers to the historical, political and social context of Rap; the second refers to the expressions of identity and resistance of the black people through music, in addition to demonstrating the political strength of the black population through Rap. It is concluded that more and more, people seek in Rap the necessary refuge to express the feeling of oppression and to disclose to the world what happens in the Brazilian slums, in addition to the general problem of social exclusion due to the lack of dignified living conditions, violence and the neglect of health in these places.