4/24/12 Music Appreciation Biography of Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. who is better known as Lil Wayne is an American rapper. Lil Wayne was born on September 27‚ 1982 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ Carter mother was a 19 year old chef when he was born. At age 2 Carter’s parents got divorced and his father permanently abandoned him and his mother. While he attended Lafayette Elementary School he was enrolled in the schools gifted program and once he reached secondary school
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sex‚ money‚ drugs‚ and even fashion. Hip hop was a cultural movement that helped rappers describe how they felt. The musical style added a rhythmic speech becoming music’s long lasting influential art form. The first major hip
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The Toxicity of Today’s Music Industry To some the music industry is a toxic one‚ while to others they could not be more indifferent about it. In the article “Sex‚ Lies and Videos” Joan Morgan stresses the negative affects the music industry is having on this generation. She makes great points throughout the article while using examples to support those points. T.V is one of the most popular forms of “advertising” if you will. She says T.V is essentially a “babysitter” for children. Whether
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the eye. Often heard on the headlines are the bad and the ugly never the good. One picture that is often skewed by the media is that of hip hop. It is often heard that this genre is a negative influence on children‚ as the message put out by these rappers is not appropriate for today’s youth. The lifestyle is too violent and the lyrics are too harsh. All this is skewed in the wrong direction. As the hip hop genre is impactful and helpful for the youth of the world. The genre speaks to a variety of
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Through my fist class assignment‚ I had the task of interviewing my classmate‚ Alfredo Noriega. We began the interviewing process by first introducing ourselves. The following is a brief description of Alfredo Noriega: Noriega currently is attending Miami Dade College as a full-time student. He is of Cuban descent and was born in the United States. As we started our interview session in class and having introduced each other‚ I asked him to name one thing he was proud of‚ he suddenly paused. He
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The Development of Hip-Hop and Rap throughout the Twentieth Century: The Outline Art. Throughout history‚ mankind has always expressed his emotions‚ ideas‚ and opinions in the form of art. Whether it be a caveman painting on the wall of his cave‚ or Galileo and his ceiling in the Sistine chapel‚ art has always existed in some form or another. But history’s greatest art and the geniuses behind it are all found in the past century right here in the U.S. of A. These masterpieces are classified as ‘hip-hop
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control over‚ we miss out on the enjoyable part of life. We were put on this earth to live life to its greatest potential‚ therefore we must not waste a second of it. The line “You only live once‚ that’s the motto‚ YOLO” was sung by famous rapper‚ Drake. He was implying that you should do everything you want in life and live without any regrets. If you live with regret‚ you will not be happy. You only have one chance to live‚ one shot at life‚ so do it the right way. In life you are given chances
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help change the mind of the generation coming up today? The generation today listen to the radio or either watching TV all the time‚ and they also live on the internet. The media portrays the generations today to follow behind rappers‚ TV stars and celebrities for our young children to look up to. According to a article I read on Credo‚ it states that “Many students of contemporary society believe That the mass media are capable of shaping consciousness in fundamental
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as UK’s Dizee Rascal‚ and Drake from Canada. Many more female artist have developed some popular names such as Missy Elliot‚ Lil’ Kim‚ Lauren Hill‚ and Nicki Minaj. Collaborations with different Genres and hip hop have become extremely popular especially hip hop and pop making catchy songs that are chart toppers. The 21st century has seen many artists from the south and even popular names of different ethnicities in the game such as we all know Eminem. Even Midwest rappers have made a great strive
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the phrase probably means nothing to you and if you’re under 25 then you are probably either sick of the four word acronym or using it in anyway possible. YOLO is a phrase that means “you only live once” that shot to fame earlier in 2012 when the rapper Drake featured it in the hook of his song “The Motto”. According to Urban Dictionary‚ YOLO is “an excuse for young people to do stupid things” or “a stupid motto that teenagers live by because it gives them an excuse to drink underage‚ do drugs and commit
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