I. Defining Hip-hop and rap – Why is it important?
a. History – Where did it originate?
b. Influence on culture in the United States
i. 1970s
ii. 1980s
iii. 1990s
iv. Early 2000s
v. Going global
c. Social Impact of Rap
II. Rap impacting the geopolitics of foreign countries
a. Thailand
i. Rap as the force behind a movement
ii. Importance of freedom of speech for rappers
b. Spanish rappers being censored
c. Chinese government co-opting rap after ban fails
d. Russian government attempts to co-opt rap
III. Signif​icance of Rap as the Anthem of international resistance to oppressive powers
a. Similarities to Rock and Roll in the 1960s
b. Modern “protest rapping” in the United States

Also​, some of the youtube songs must be quoted in the paper as literary sources.