favorite lines in a rap song is “Im cooler to a polar bears toe nails.”(Andre 300‚ ATLiens) In This song The raper compares his persona’s coolness and to that of the arctic chill felt by a polar bears toe nails. Tupac Shakur a famous raper wrote a song called “Me & My Girlfriend”‚ Tupac Compares his gun to his
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The term illuminati – first given in May 1776 – has reached a new height of popularity for all the wrong reasons. Its origins came when Adam Weishaupt founded the group known as the Bavarian illuminati‚ an Enlightment-era secret society whose main aims were to oppose superstition‚ obscurantism‚ religious influence over public life and abuses of state power. The illuminati along with the Freemasonries and other secret societies’were outlawed by the Bavarian leader‚ Charles Theodore‚ through Edict
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come to mind right away when speaking about death. The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are two rap artists who both have died within the last five years‚ and were both extremely popular. What one may look at is the fact that both seemed to have an idea that they were going to die right before they did‚ and it was not because of a terminal illness‚ it was in fact by being murdered. Tupac Shakur was a very popular artist‚ whose talents were respected by people who weren’t
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First of all‚ several sources say Marion “Suge” Knight had Biggie killed to throw the LAPD off his scent for the Tupac murder case‚ which he had been a prime suspect in (Wittmer). Furthermore‚ there was an investigator on Biggie’s case‚ Russell Poole‚ who accused other LAPD members of being connected to Suge Knight and his label‚ Death Row Records (Winton). Poole had
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Also Maya Angelou and Tupac Shakur from the modern writers. From the Harlem Renaissance‚ for example in the poem “Sympathy” (Dunbar) he explains how he knows how the caged bird feels because he himself feels like a caged bird trying to get out of this cage of social injustice for him and his fellow Black Americans. Another example of this is in the poem “I‚ too” (Hughes) he
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……………………………………………………….……… 13 “Taint” by Grace Nichols……………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 14 “First Fire” by Camille T. Dungy…………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 “God Give to Men” by Arna Bontemps…………………………………………………………………………….…… 16 “Ghetto Gospel” by Tupac Shakur‚ Elton John‚ and Bernie Taupin…………………………………..…… 17-19 Epilogue ……..………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 20 Bibliography ……..………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 21 2|Page P R O L O G U E In the last few decades‚ the African-American
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An example of this in a song titled “Changes” by Tupac Shakur‚ a very influential artist that rapped about life in the streets. Some of the lyrics from this song are‚ “I see no changes‚ all I see is racist faces”. This song was made in the 90’s‚ when many people were very racist against black people‚ especially Tupac because he was black and famous. He always rapped about change and how it needed to happen. Another example of people
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Does rap/hip-hop music encourage negative behavior? Some people feel rap and hip-hop music encourages degradation of women‚ violence‚ and crime. Other people think that rap offers an opportunity for political commentary and self-expression. Also people argue that rap music provides valuable information to young listeners. They feel that it tells the story of the black man’s struggle. Some also feel that it describes life in the eyes of a black person. Originally‚ rap and hip-hop had a mission of
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1990’s Hip Hop experienced a lot of diversity in terms of style‚ dance and rapping. In the east coast nas‚jay z and biggie were popular. In the west coast‚snoop dogg‚ tupac‚ and dr.dre were popular. The group that represented the south was outkast. The introduction to fast rapping was presented by twista. It’s not too noticeable now‚ but in the 90s‚ west coast generally used funk samples while east coast generally used
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Shelby Clemmons Ms. Lancaster English 1301: 5:45pm-7:05pm February 15‚ 2012 The Positives and Negatives of Hip-Hop In Geoffrey Bennett’s essay titled‚ “Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment‚” he speaks about the positive and negative effects that hip-hop has on the Black Community. Bennett goes all the way to the beginning of hip-hop‚ which he says took place in the early 1980s with rappers such as Run DMC‚ Public Enemy‚ Sugar Hill Gang and many others. The author then
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