Rap music: youth narrative from Teresina’s outskirts

Abstract

The main objective of this article consists in arguing about the importance of Rap and Hip Hop music for the youth socialization in Teresina’s outskirts. The research based on significant theoretical studies about “memory” and “narrative” shows that Rap is a new form of contemporary narrative. We also opted for verbal life history as a qualitative technique because the interviews helped us map youthful socialization spaces, reconstruct the Hip Hop Movement trajectory and analyze Hip Hop and the Rap implications in the construction of these youth’s ethnic identity.