Mixing Music Cultures

I have always been obsessed about music throughout my whole life. I've always been a fan of hip-hop music especially the older hip-hop like Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Artifacts etc. What is very interesting about hip-hop and rap music is how they sample music and turn it into their own. Some people might feel this is stealing but I feel it creates a new art. An issue that also comes up is mixing certain cultures of music with hip-hop and rap. Such as Indian Pray music and artists like Jay-Z or Timbaland who use this type of music and create a whole new sound. I personally like this kind of sound because it helps me appreciate the other cultures of music that we do not hear everyday. Without hip-hop music reaching out to these cultures and different sounds many people would not be able to experience this kind of culture. This is true about certain techno and dance music that uses the sounds of different cultures and adds a certain hook to it so it's more amusing to us and we can enjoy it in a different atmosphere. I can still see how some people might be appalled by this because some music is sacred to some cultures but that is what music is all about, sharing. Without the birth of blues and the sharing of this music there would be no hip-hop or rap. If there was no sharing of rock there wouldn't be any punk-rock or ska music and so on. If we notice it or not every genre of music is connected to one another and we must appreciate it all or we will be in a standstill in the upcoming of music.