Angel Truong Week 2 4/11 Journal Filipino DJs

Angel Truong Week 2 4/11 Journal

            Antonio T. Tiongson Jr.’s reading on Filipino’s DJs is an example of the class’s first readings that introduced culture and popular culture. The article pointed out that because the Filipino DJs do not exaggerate their ethnicity in their work, they are at risk of losing their reputation in the DJ culture as hip-hop and DJing expands broader to different races. However, I do not agree to that statement. I support what most of the DJs said such as O-Bert about how in the end, music is for everyone and the key thing to do is to be influence by it. I also agree that by acknowledging the origins of hip-hop with African Americans, one can fully grasp hip-hop and DJing without neglecting the politics behind its history which is what the Filipino DJs practiced allowing them to be successful in the industry while maintaining the culture of hip-hop. In the end, the article highlights how the Filipino youth culture is represented through their involvement in DJing and hip-hop. Filipino DJing is not only their expression of living but it’s also their production of art which make up culture which also allows their identity to stand out in the racialization of Filipino within the term Asian Americans. The article also ties back to the idea of popular culture and how hip-hop and DJing is now commercialized to popular culture neglecting the origin that involves the politics of African Americans. The DJs at first would be an example of other races appropriating DJing but the article defends them by explain how they appropriately appreciate DJing and hip-hop by not capitalizing it but seeing it as an influence to express their life and identity.

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