{"id":37,"date":"2025-10-28T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:05:07","slug":"social-justice-cultural-impact-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/social-justice-cultural-impact-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Empowerment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/iopn.library.illinois.edu\/scalar\/the-jay-z-mixtape\/jay-zs-word-usage?path=thejayzmixtape-the-language\">TheJayZMixtape<\/a>, the theme of Empowerment is very prevalent. By digitizing and analyzing Jay Z and his music, this project brings acknowledgment to Hip-Hop and notes that it just isn&#8217;t mean to be used as a form of entertainment, but that there is a much deeper meaning and how it is a great form of cultural expression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transforming personal experiences of struggle, and success into stories of motivation and success. Rambsy demonstrates that Jay Z uses assertive and insightful language in order to reinforce Jay Z as not just a monumental figure when it comes to music, but also as a cultural leader.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-1536x975.png 1536w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM-850x540.png 850w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-5.59.42-PM.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This visualization shows the use of similes used in his music. words such as &#8220;like&#8221;, &#8220;as&#8221;, and &#8220;than&#8221;. By looking at the graph you can tell that the prominence of &#8220;like&#8221; suggests that Jay Z uses this form of figurative language to enhance his storytelling in his music.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empowerment Throughout TheJayZMixtape, the theme of Empowerment is very prevalent. By digitizing and analyzing Jay Z and his music, this project brings acknowledgment to Hip-Hop and notes that it just isn&#8217;t mean to be used as a form of entertainment, but that there is a much deeper meaning and how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SBJZ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}