http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_19428950

Thanks to Hip Hop: 

At least eight shot including 1-year-old child in West Oakland

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, this lady can combine her line dancing skills with hot hip hop moves and get fresh.

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, 50 Cents is going to help feed a billion Africans.

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, this white girl from Oakland can comfortably use the N word and provide a framework to defend her use of it! DOUBLE BONUS

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, these Uighurs can dress like American teens (too poor to afford name brands) and eschew their rich cultural traditions. UIGHUR PLEASE!

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, these guys can put Buffalo on the map

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, these German kids can spraypaint PURE HATE on the side of a train.

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, this wacky lady gets to say that “THIS IS HIP HOP” and teach her busted dance moves.

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, these Japanese kids were able to emulate a culture they fetishized.

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, this old lady can say SWAG

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, these Chinese kids can act like obnoxious Americans

Thanks 2 Hip Hop, Inuit kids in the Northern Territories can assert their self-identity and express themselves in a medium that is globally understood.