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...Banjoko explained that the rise in popularity of hip-hop was a result of social pressures of the early 1970s and the aftermath of 1960s civil rights movements...
...Banjoko also attributed hip-hop’s rise to cutbacks in the funding for art programs in the “education establishment,” which inspired African-American youth to create new forms of art as self-expression and rebellion...
...you’re not going to teach us poetry, I’m going to teach myself poetry my own way with my own rhythms,” Banjoko said...
...Banjoko said that African-American Christian churches immediately began to attack the fledgling hip-hop movement, creating tension between African-American youth and traditional Christianity...
...Most African-American males do not relate to the Bible and do not trust the Bible,” Banjoko said, a fact which enabled Islam to appeal to a greater segment of the population...