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Kanye West's album, The College Dropout, was a turning point for the Chicago music scene. Unlike other rap albums at the time, Kanye's music focused on relatable topics like love, family, and the struggles of Chicago. His music inspired other Chicago rappers to support their communities and touch on their personal struggles. The album brought attention to the issues faced by African-Americans in Chicago and sparked themes of political and social change. It was a sign of change in the rap scene and had a lasting impact on the city. Hello, my name is Franklin Richards. Today, I'm going to be telling you about how Kanye West's album, The College Dropout, was a vehicle of inspiration and a turning point of the Chicago music scene. Let's go back to 2002. The rap music industry is at a boom. Musicians really used their gangster presumptions to convey their music. Look at 50 Cent's album, The Massacre. It was judged by critics and musicians as murderous, allegating still lives and things that didn't seem relatable. Meanwhile, let's look at Kanye's rap. He was creating music that personified the voice of Chicago and his personal demons. He rapped about his love for God, I mean, materialism, family, love of Chicago, amongst other things. According to Kerny Kevin of the World Socialist website, his mom, who was a former English professor, pretty much said Kanye's music is about being human. Do I contradict myself? Well, I contradict myself. I'm large and I contain multitudes. How's it related to Chicago? He names Chicago constantly as a city he loves, but it really seems like his music was a turning point for the Chicago music scene, too. As many Chicago rappers, people who live in Chicago, Chicago's youth, have seen him as a positive influence towards their creativity and art. From an article by Dan Hyman of Billboard, West what Chicago's on, he's rapping about working at the Gap at the Evergreen Park Mall and how he barely made enough money an hour to make bus fare. He's rapping about Chicago. He put a spotlight on the struggling conditions of the Southsiders, the African-Americans of Chicago, and really, those conditions have changed. We love Kanye because he did a lot for the city and put a spotlight on us. It influenced how Chicago rappers support their communities and how the entire Chicago community would help each other out. After Kanye emerged, artists like Chess rapper Chief Keith Common and many others were inspired by his music to do the things Kanye did, support Chicago as much as they could, and touch on their personal struggles and how we can all communitively support Chicago. Look at this. The release of The College Dropout was purposeful. The album was instrumental as a vehicle towards the progression of Chicago's music dominance. Kanye's messages throughout the album of self-consciousness, family, and higher education was a sign of change in the rap scene in Chicago. It showed forms of being a mostly charged and rhetoric music surrounding the pain Kanye was going through in his life, which is in high contrast compared to the gangster rap that most artists were utilizing for their music. It impacted how the African-American community and the Chicago community was really treated by many other Chicago civilians and the whole Chicago community, and it sparked themes of political and social change and really a common goal of equality. Kanye shared important events of his life that created a voice for his struggle and many other people who went through and understood his personal struggles. That's it.