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Katina R. Stapleton argues that Hip-Hop has political power in her essay “From the Margins to Mainstream: The Political Power of Hip-Hop.” However that isn’t so; the Hip-Hop community wants to earn political power but it can’t because the people who do have political power won’t give it up to a “negative influence.” The general American idea about the hip-hop culture is that it consists of a bunch of “gangstas” and “thugs” who have a terrible obsession: money, drugs, and hos. If it was true that hip-hop had political power our society would be much different than it is now. Hip-Hop is not just a genre of music, hip-hop is a culture. People in the not only the black community, but now the entire nation represent themselves by displaying their interest in Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop is so large now that it has its own clothing lines, movies, magazines, and even cars. However, just because the aspect that you see on TV is filled with glamour and fame, doesn’t mean that is what the entire Hip-Hop culture consists of. Hip-Hop is a community and less than one percent of that community actually lives in all the fame and fortune. Where do all of the less fortunate come in? The real question then would be: what is the defin