Dick Hebdige’s used the term subculture to understand the style of Britain’s youth cultures. He understood subcultures to be symbolically separate themselves from the mass culture it should belong to. These subculture challenge the traditions and transforms the genre into more socially significant. The concept of subcultures can be found in folk music. The music is a complex systems which tries to socially disconnect from the dominant culture. African American folk music is a genre that is not main stream. The sad songs by folk singers like “Go tell it on the Mountain” shows the burden and sadness felt by black people. The style brings attention to the pain and suffrage of the group of people the music represents. The dominant culture
