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    Shaggy Research Paper

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    If you’re an 80’s or 90’s kid‚ there’s a good chance you grew up immersed in the flavorful get-on-your-feet lyrics of Shaggy. A musical pioneer who reshaped the world of reggae‚ he is fairly well known‚ primarily by his songs "Angel" and "It wasn’t me." But have you ever wondered where this unusual artist came from‚ and what his story is? Be sure and check back for part two of this article‚ coming soon! Number Fifteen: His Name Comes from Scooby Doo At birth‚ he was given the name Orville Richard

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    Reggaetón stands as a musical genre that originates from Panama and was popularized by Puerto Rico (LeMay‚ 2012). Known as ‘underground music’ and the first form of transnational music‚ Reggaetón combines Jamaican dancehall‚ Spanish rap‚ hip-hop and other Latin American influences. This type of music contains a fundamental influence from Jamaican and Spanish Reggae starting in the early 20th century. It includes artists such as Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderón who display both the sexual and political

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    I have chosen the genre Ska to research about because I have never really heard of it before and it’s not something I used to so I think it will be good to concentrate on something that is out of my comfort zone. I also feel that it will help me widen my variety of genres that I am able to perform. Ska emerged in the 1950s in Jamaica but advanced in the ‘60s. It didn’t evolve from any other musical style or movement but it actually came before rocksteady and reggae. It is said that the original

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    Claude McKay was born in Naime Castle‚ Jamaica and he was the youngest out of his siblings and began writing poetry at the age of 10. Claude Mckay‚ was a Jamaican poet during the Harlem Renaissance and was able to express his feelings through his writing. His poems celebrated Jamaican culture while challenging white authority. He wrote about his life as a black man in both Jamaica and America. McKay published his first books of verse‚” Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads in 1912 and used the reward

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    In August 2003‚ Dwight Burch - a dark-skinned‚ African-American waiter at an Applebee’s restaurant in Jonesboro‚ Ga. filed a lawsuit against Applebee’s and his light-skinned African American supervisor. In the suit‚ Burch alleged that during his three months at the restaurant the manager repeatedly referred to him as “tar baby” and “black monkey”. Burch also alleged that the manager told him to bleach his skin and that he was fired when he threatened to report the man to Applebee’s head quarters

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    Moriah Gore November 21‚ 2014 Ms. Martin English III Abstract Intro Background Stokely Carmichael was born June 29‚ 1941 in Port of Spain‚ Trinidad and Tobago. Carmichael lived with his two aunts and his grandmother and attended Tranquility Boys School until age 11. He then moved to the U.S and joined his parents in Harlem‚ New York and became the only black member of a street gang called the Morris Park Dukes. He said in an interview with Life he dated

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    History of Dreadlocks

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    Various elements are combined to formulate the idea of style. They include the clothes people wear‚ the way one walks and even how people talk. However‚ one element that forms the relationship between style and lifestyle is hair. According to many people their hair is one feature that places them in a category separate from other individuals. This is the case with the dreadlock hairstyle. Dreadlocks have a very detailed and sometimes complex history and development. The first connotation of

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    Yet we’re forgetting that somewhere in that time frame‚ around the 1970’s a music form known as reggae emerged from the little island of Jamaica‚ and with it came a man that will never be forgotten. His name was Robert Nesta Marley although he was better known to us as Bob Marley and he changed our world forever. Marley’s music was unleashed on America and the world in the mid to late ‘70’s with explosive popularity. For unlike much of the music that had been heard‚ Marley’s work was so much more than

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    matters to us and what’s important in our lives. In my self portrait‚ I explore the factors of literature‚ psychology‚ neuroscience‚ and art to explain my identity as a person. Surrounding the crew boat are song lyrics from Three Little Birds by Bob Marley.

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    influenced by not only hip hop but also in reggae music which originated from a small Caribbean island called Jamaica. A very inspirational man amounted from here‚ a man whose legacy that will live on for generations to come. Robert Nesta Marley known to us as Bob Marley has changed our world forever. His inspirational speaking about social change pertaining to his music was used to unite the people. His music was to help promote freedom‚ peace‚ reconciliation‚ and equal rights for all. (-emily)

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