During this walk I explored hip-hop culture because even though it’s been done before, I have never done it. I tried to take not a path that was so obvious, and I found mostly graffiti. During my walk, I started to compare the video Style Wars with modern day Tucson and all I got was more questions. I wondered if the hip-hop culture could still be deemed the one creating the graffiti and tags and if so, being so close to the border I wondered if it is still mostly compromised of black people or if they are Mexican or other races. I wondered if graffiti was still used for the same purpose as in the video to give a sense of ownership and power in Tucson because life is not as difficult as it was for a black person in New York City back then. I wondered how long the graffiti and tags had been up and how long it’d be before it was gone and how they got into spaces that were fenced in and sometimes even barb wired. I also wondered if the fence was present when the graffiti was done, why it was so important to do it in that space instead of all the other open spaces; does difficulty of location prove something in particular? I wondered that if they were putting up their graffiti to be heard and seen, then why they were doing so in paths that are usually walked. Who were they trying to be seen by and was it still for some form of ownership? Was it now just being done for fun? Has graffiti lost its meaning?
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