They sang a threnody for the dead person.

他们为那个死去的人了哀歌。

You realize that hip-hop is urban folk art, and as much an indication of the conditions in impoverished areas as bluesman Robert Johnson's laments in the 1930s.

你会意识到，嘻哈乐是一种都市民间艺术, 它像上个世纪30年代的布鲁斯歌手特?约翰逊演的哀歌一样，地区的环境和条件具有强烈的暗示作用。