album‚ “Ready to Die”‚ which exploded in the rap industry. Biggie had gone from hustling drugs on the corner in 1990‚ to being the “top-selling rap artist” in 1995 as MTV puts it. Things were looking up for biggie‚ until his fellow rap artist Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive by shooting. Tupac’s followers blamed Biggie and his crew‚ who denied any affiliation. Seven months later‚ Biggie was killed in a drive by shooting. Many believe the perpetrators belonged to Tupac’s crew‚ or a number of
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received and became very popular in the span of just a few years. By the early 1990’s‚ gangster rap had a home at the top of the charts. Some of the artists responsible for this were Dr. Dre and Eazy-E‚ both former members of N.W.A.‚ Snoop Dogg‚ Tupac Shakur‚ and Ice-T. While each of these rappers showcased a unique style‚ the lyrics in their work talked about acts of violence‚ discrimination‚ and sex in a way that made them appear common and acceptable. The nature
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In the 1980s‚ we saw many different genres of music emerge‚ genres such as Pop‚ Rock‚ and R&B. But a new genre emerged that sparked a lot of controversy: “Gangsta Rap” otherwise known as Hip Hop. Rappers/Rap groups such as NWA‚ Run DMC‚ Big Daddy Kane‚ and more changed the industry with catchy tunes and lyrics that talked about hard topics like slavery‚ violence‚ and police brutality. These lyrics sometimes caused major conflict‚ whether between races or with civilians and police. Hip Hop was very
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Annotated Bibliography Research Question: What are the history/cultural importance of Hip Hop? Source #1: Hill‚ Collins Patricia. From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism‚ Nationalism‚ and Feminism. Philadelphia: Temple Up‚ 2006. Print. Patricia Hill’s l idea of writing this book was to gather different essays for each chapter that were written by African Americans that talks about how they dealt without having the right to stand up for themselves. The importance of this book is to talk about how
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Do I win or do I lose? One day they’re gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it’s my turn to leave." - Tupac Shakur "If you’re willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you’re already ahead of the game." - Sean Penn " We know that we’re supposed to win all the games‚ but if we don’t‚ we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong
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Lamar is changing the world in non violent ways. He will continue to make an impact on many listeners for a long time. Kendrick Lamar took the music game by storm‚ his strong hooks‚ and powerful verses have impacted the world in ways similar to Tupac Shakur‚ Lamar is a prospering artist who will continue to
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The word “nigger” should not be used by anyone regardless of the circumstances. Nigger comes from the Latin word niger meaning black. Nigger was used derogatory term used to refer to black slaves during colonial times. It represents generations of endured racism and oppression. The word was used to make a mockery of black people. “Whether [nigger is] used as a noun‚ verb‚ or adjective‚ it strengthened the stereotype of the lazy‚ stupid‚ dirty‚ worthless nobody‚” (Nigger‚ a brief history). The use
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History and this was the only way of keeping history this is because everything was through word of mouth. Griots used music and poetry to express their ancestral stories. We have our griots in America such as Langston Hughes‚ Phyllis Wheatley‚ Tupac Shakur‚ Nikki Giovanni‚ Maya Angelou‚ Nina Simone‚ Claude McKay‚ Alice Walker‚ Sam Cooke‚ and many more who was speaking the truth and sharing their ancestral stories to their
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is a solution. Poverty should be eradicated by a balance government and personal help. The effects of poverty are something that not everyone can sense‚ mostly because they themselves are not impoverished. In 2pac’s song “Brenda’s Got A Baby” (Shakur‚ Tupac Amaru. "Brenda’s Got A Baby." YouTube. YouTube‚ 05 July 2011. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.) We can truly see an inside look on poverty. If we dig inside on the lyrics we get
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for the dumbest things; such as money‚ drug‚ and even women. During the 1990’s‚ the media depicted a lot of this violence with the whole east coast west coast thing. The east coast versus west coast was a conflict between two very famous rappers: Tupac
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