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    This new music genre portrayed images of gangs‚ guns‚ violence‚ and sexism‚ yet it somehow was well received and became very popular in the span of just a few years. The nature of gangster rap influenced society in a negative way‚ but nothing could be legally done to stop it. The group N.W.A. publicly attacked the police through lyrics and got away with it. The fact that there were no repercussions made it seem as though this type of subject

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    Rap Culture This presentation was organized for the twelfth grade. The presentation on the topic “Rap Culture” was presented through the chosen lyrics of rap songs. There were three groups; each of the groups was given two lyrics of the rap song. One of the lyrics was by an old rap song‚ 90teen rap song. In contrast of the first lyrics‚ a second lyric was by this century. Main point of the both lyrics in the all groups was to be discovered the line of development of the language used in the songs

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    Fischer Esterification – nucleophilic substitution reaction Strong acid catalyst (concentrated sulfuric acid Purpose of a reflux is to heat a reaction mixture at its boiling temperature to form products‚ without losing any of the compounds in the reaction flask TO HAVE GREAT PERCENT YIELD: As reaction is reversible‚ removal of water or the addition of an excess of one of the reactants (cheaper one) drives the reaction towards formation of ester. (Excess carboxylic acid is used)  Adding excess

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    Rap music videos are also a crucial influence in shaping identity among young listeners. The images displayed send off messages on how men and women should behave and look. The majority of rap music videos display misogyny through sexual objectification towards women. Many of these music videos portray women as sexually pleasing objects‚ this reinforces male dominance showing young young gilrs that their own sexual orientation and beliefs are inferior to a males sexual desires (Oosten‚ p. 988). For

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    Nebi Desta Linda Daugs COM 100 30 October 2015 Evolution of Rap Music Rap is defined as a popular type of music with black origins‚ where words are recited quickly over a beat. This genre of music has its roots in West Africa where Griots‚ village story tellers‚ would tell stories rhythmically to drum beats. Also‚ there is references saying that slaves would speak over beats‚ confessing all the hardships that the slave owners have forced on them. It also showed up in the jazz period. Jazz musicians

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    Violence is something you see everywhere around the world. Although rap music has become one of the most popular genres of music‚ and it seems there is no way to slow down the amount of violence in the songs‚ teenagers are becoming more violent because of the music‚ so the artists should rethink their lyrics. Jeanita Richardson‚ author from “Journal of Negro education” says that “As a result‚ of the prevalence of violence in music‚ movies‚ television and video games‚ America has nurtured an environment

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    Many people believe that rap is not a music genre and is merely a sub-genre of hip-hop. There is also the belief rapper KRS-ONE said‚ “rapping is something you do and hip-hop is something you live” (KRS-ONE). The differences between rap and hip-hop are distinguishable enough that the two have separated. Leading people to believe that rap has evolved into its own category. Unless rap or hip-hop music is one of your favorite genres of music‚ you probably just lump the two together. Although in many

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    Since the creation of gangster rap‚ blacks began to be viewed as thugs because of the lyrics used in raps. Rappers were also viewed as thugs because of the trending clothing styles. According to Holsey (2013)‚ gangster rap is‚ “a subgenre of hip-hop music that evolved from hardcore hip-hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner city youths.” Holsey’s quote states that gangster rap comes from the experiences of frustrated black youths that

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    Hubco tripped and karachi was blackout later news came from all corners of Pakistan that power outrage breakdown Terbela and Mangla Dam power plant tripped as well now what ever happened in technically that’s none our business but entire country spent night in the darkness. Wapda statement on The News site was funny and weird they said they saved Electrical outrage from widespread? Dozens of cities first than districts later mentioned all provinces so what actually they saved from? Wide spread

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    Today‚ Rap has become the most popular type of music in the US. The Rap industry is dominated by artists’ who mostly dedicate their lyrics to either violence‚ drugs‚ or sex. Through 1998 and 1999 the survey taken by the National Music Bureau‚ stated that 46% of the listeners of Rap are under the age of 19. While 65% of the listeners‚ live in run-down homes‚ or impoverished areas‚ usually being inner cities. The National Music Bureau also reported that in the 66% of the listeners of Rap who are

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