‘Crips’ are an L.A. based street gang that surfaced in 1969‚ this gang is said to be started by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington‚ they chose the collective name of “Crip” because it appealed to the younger age of the members they were recruiting. This gang has been labeled as one of America’s most violent street gangs. Violence within this gang is used indiscriminately between rival gang members‚ to maintain order within the hierarchy of the gang‚ to initiate new members‚ and to
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violent‚ the racist‚ the corrupt‚ the land of the once was free but now tied down. Please‚ stop the violence‚ get educated‚ love one another‚ or Bring the Noise. Public enemy seemed to recognize these problems that this nation faced and still faces today. They made songs soulie focused on fixing political and social issues. Turning rap into an alternative genre‚ or also known as conscious rap. Conscious rap is a subgenre of Hip-Hop that puts awareness and knowledge on cultural‚ political‚ philosophical
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"Obviously rap music is too violent. It serves as a musical accompaniment to the entire underclass culture of violence‚" says the author of "See No Evil"‚ David Klinghoffer‚ in an article in the National Review. This extremely narrow minded philosophy has neglected to discover what rap music really is and what it means to its millions of buyers‚ who are mostly of upper-class status. Rap is not only music‚ it is also a black cultural expression that prioritizes black voices from urban America‚ and
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Many people believe that rap is not a music genre and is merely a sub-genre of hip-hop. There is also the belief rapper KRS-ONE said‚ “rapping is something you do and hip-hop is something you live” (KRS-ONE). The differences between rap and hip-hop are distinguishable enough that the two have separated. Leading people to believe that rap has evolved into its own category. Unless rap or hip-hop music is one of your favorite genres of music‚ you probably just lump the two together. Although in many
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on offense. I lunged forward and lashed out with my leg at the gang leader. He hadn’t expected me to retaliate and was winded. “You have made a huge mistake‚” he mumbled “Boys... attack the girl!” He hollered. I had been in these situations before. The observing gang members did as their leader said. One by one‚ they came at me with weapons they had concealed. The first man had a knife and hurled it forcefully towards me. I positioned my hands so that the rope binding them would be cut. The knife
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Outline of China Group 2 Topic: History of Chinese Economy (Gang of Four) Submitted By Mohammed Saiful Islam ID: 2014271050007 Submitted To Wu Chunbo Faculty (Outline of China) GANG OF FOUR J Jiang Qing W Wang Hongwen Y Yao Wenyuan Z Zhang Chunqiao Introduction The Gang of Four (simplified Chinese: 四人帮; traditional Chinese: 四人幫; pinyin: Sìrén bāng) was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. They came to prominence during
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48 technical GrADe ‘A’ rAp relevant to all acca qualification students The following points summarise the RAP markers’ guidelines‚ which include the criteria that must be satisfied in order to achieve an A grade. understanding of accounting and business models ‘Grade A – An appropriate choice of theory and concepts. Very clear relevance and evidence of wider reading.’ Markers are looking to see if students have used an appropriate range of relevant accounting and business models‚ linking
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Violent role in history In the “Violence Vanquished” with Steven Pinker‚ Pinker considers that the modern era is the most peaceful time in the history of the human species. All kinds of violence have declined due to the progress of human civilization‚ government ability to enforcement‚ development of commerce and the expansion of cosmopolitanism. The author has pulled together data from numerous statistical sources to back up his claim that violence has tended to decline through human history
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GRIDIRON GANG Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American film starring Dwayne Johnson‚ Xzibit‚ L. Scott Caldwell‚ and Kevin Dunn. Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. Frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their problems in life‚ such as street gangs and drug dealings‚ he decides to create a football team so the kids can feel like they’re part of something. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it
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Loud‚ aggressive‚ and fast‚ metal music has been accepted worldwide as an acceptable genre of music. Yet‚ some people cannot comprehend a genre of music that thrives on being the horror movie of music‚ and purposefully creates controversy at nearly every turn. “The media has irresponsibly finger-pointed” (Sterngold). One of the most recent examples of metal being blamed for a national tragedy was in the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Here‚ a song by Drowning Pool was blamed as the
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