Monday, April 14, 2014

"You got that yayo?"



     Drugs were a large part of the Scarface film. Montana's drug of interest was cocaine which was referred to as "yayo" in the film. In Hip Hop Culture many rappers adapted this term in their music. Rapper Tony Yayo even went as far as using the slang in his stage name. In the Hip Hop Culture during the 80's and 90's, many African American males resulted to gang banging and drug dealing because of the stereotypes associated with them. It was easy to result to drugs because it made them easy money and it was fast. 




      The phrase "The World is Yours" also "became a catchphrase that has shown up in all manner of hip hop artifact such as videos, album titles, and songs." Nas used the phrase as the title of his first album and a New York MC who labeled himself as Scarface in dedication of the movie" (Hip Hop America). The world is yours was so significant because Scarface was the face of the minority man's dream (getting money, women and power) so of course men would live by that motto. 

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