youths’ culture across the globe (Alridge & Stewart, 2005). Hip Hop functions as a form of expression and a substitute to urban issues confronting people’s lives including racial discrimination, poverty, and underemployment. Rap music, along with language, dance styles, and fashion, has been the different forms of expression incorporated in hip hop. For a lot of African Americans, hip hop is their cultural identity. At present, the impact of hip hop on pop culture is apparent. From an urban culture
the song’s lyrics and music video. The song however, was the subject of much controversy. In the video, West attempts to deliver the message of hope and faith to his consumers and states that, if a person has some sort of faith, then the degree at which they have sinned is irrelevant, for there will always be an opportunity to redeem themselves and be forgiven. Religion is a dominant