Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8‚ 1987)‚ better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa‚ is an American rapper. He released his debut album‚ Show and Prove‚ in 2006‚ and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single‚ "Say Yeah"‚ received urban radio airplay‚ charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.[1] Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album‚ Deal or No Deal‚ in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice
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Cited: Drake‚ David. "The "Death" of Hip-Hop." Stylus Magazine 16 Mar. 2005. Print. "Hot 100." Web. Santo‚ Michael. "95% of Music Downloads are Illegal: IFPI." 19 Jan. 2009. Web.
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2012 gained a rise in viral popularity and made a noticeable impact on dance music. The term "trap" was literally used to refer to the place where drug deals are made. Fans and critics started to refer to rappers whose primary lyrical topic was drug dealing‚ as "trap rappers."[3] David Drake of Complex wrote that "the trap in the early 2000s wasn’t a genre‚ it was a real place"‚ and the term was later adopted to
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has not changed since the birth of Hip Hop. Hip Hop’s homophobia makes being gay or being suspected of being gay is career damaging. In the event that a male artist is confirmed to a homosexual‚ it is career and social suicide. As a result‚ male rappers keep their sexuality a secret and keep a woman around to be their “beard” or female companion to keep up public
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Jermaine Cole also known as J. Cole is a rapper that was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany on January twenty-eighth in 1985. Although he was born in Germany he was raised in Fayetteville‚ North Carolina. J. Cole graduated from Terry Sanford High School in 2003 and went to St. Johns University on an academic scholarship and also to pursue his passion for music because he believed that’s where artists got signed. Cole received his degree in Communications from St. Johns University he graduated Summa Cum Laude
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culture now and the 90’s? The pop culture now is different from the 90’s cause back then they didn’t have social media or youtube etc. They really had to work for everything they wanted back then it was hard to make a million dollars in the 90’s. The rappers was different back then they was talking about their lives and the struggles they had to face in the world as a black african american. They talked about the racism they had to take back then in the 90’s. What is the difference between the 90’s
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Rick Ross lost endorsement deals for his champagne in molly line‚ and Drake received a lot of backlash for poking fun at the mind state of Kid Cudi. In the age of social media‚ being politically correct is an element that artists of the past didn’t have to worry about. While artists in the 80’s and 90’s had small protests
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whatever they felt like rapping about. Rappers like LL Cool J‚ Eazy E‚ Slick Rick‚ and Schoolly D paved a way for the new school rappers. The made rap a hot topic back then. LL Cool J made the song Mama Said Knock You Out that became very popular really fast. Eazy E who unfortunately passed away made hit songs like Creep N’ Crawl. Eazy E was one who lived a street life and he loved the women. He actually died of AIDS at a early age. During this age rappers did interact with a lot of women and they
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daring member of our group shouted‚ “YOLO!!” and made it for the ramp and flew into the oblivion. “YOLO” is typical acronym‚ internet slang‚ meaning “You Only Live Once.” Like all other internet vocabularies‚ there is no clear origin‚ but rapper Drake popularized this term through his song‚ “The Motto.” He sings‚ “You only live once: that’s the motto‚ YOLO.” The message here is clear that in our journey of life‚ there is only one end‚ so we should put ourselves in challenge to live our lives
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finally released her third studio album titled “The Pinkprint”. Nicki’s album originally has 19 songs and the deluxe version adds 3 more songs making a total of 22 songs :-).The third full-length studio release for the rapper features guest appearances from Beyoncé‚ Chris Brown‚ Drake‚ Ariana Grande‚ Skylar Grey‚ Jeremih‚ Lil Wayne‚ Lunchmoney Lewis‚ and Meek Mill. Nicki Minaj’s real name is Onika Tanya Maraj‚ and in her recent interviews this past week she has been sharing her own personal perspectives
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