Hip-Hop Matters

Chapter1
The Billboard can make or break an artist career.
The Sound scan changed the way the Billboard operates.
Rap music wasn’t very big in the music industry.
Rap had about 5% of the industry
The percentage increased to 32%.

Why is chapter one so boring?
What does the Sound Scan have to do with Hip-Hop mattering?
Why does chapter one talk about the pop culture?
Are the later chapters more interesting?

Faustian- sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain
Vitriolic- harsh or corrosive in tone
Apocalyptic- of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy

Not Sure
Exposition- the beginning of the book.

1. In the beginning of the Book the author gives some examples of why Hip-Hop matters and a few of the origins.