we all know Eminem. Even Midwest rappers have made a great strive into the hip hop community. Even famous names such as Kanye West have proven that in order to be in hip hop you do not have to make a gangsta rap album to be popular. From 2010 alternative forms of hip hop began a huge underground rap created by independent artists. They began their careers by only mix tapes on the internet. They rely on social media to begin their hip hop careers to name a few Chance the rapper‚ YG‚ Freddie Gibbs
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Violent Media: Violent Behavior? Over the past few years we have heard debates on violent media influencing violent behavior in young adults and teens. Some people claim that the violent media such as video games‚ comic books and cartoons are the cause of the outburst in violence such as the recent public school shootings and movie theaters. There is more evidence to support that this type of media is a healthy outlet under proper supervision. I believe that some violent media can help people
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Hip hop can be seen as a cultural movement emerging from the south Bronx‚ Hip hop was Hip-Hop fundamental as both a creative outlet for expressing the struggles of life amidst prevailing crime and violence as well as an enjoyable form of recreation. The music was used as a means to spread the word about oppression and struggles of the black community‚ because of its popularity hip hop music continued its spread through the 2000s‚ it was also increasingly seen in mainstream pop. In this essay I will
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Tupac Shakur "Live by the gun‚ die by the gun." Tupac Shakur was born Tupac Amaru Shakur (Tupac means "shining serpent" in Inca) in New York City in 1971. He went on to have very successful careers as an actor & rapper. Look around the web for his career information‚ you know that’s not our gig. That said…. On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac was in Las Vegas to attend a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He was staying at the Luxor Hotel-Casino. The fight was being held at
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the Music called “corridos”. Back then it became popular to hear songs about drug smuggling and violence. Music from the genre corridos which was about drugs and drug smuggling was called narcocorrido‚ which some would say is “Mexico’s style of gangsta rap”. An excellent example of narcocorrido would be “El Avión de la Muerte” (The Plane of Death) performed by Los Tigres del Norte‚ which is arguably one of the most popular corridos bands in history. Los Tigres del Norte have written and performed
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greed for women who degrade themselves for the limelight‚ as well as the glorification of the use of illegal drugs and the sales of it. The media has presented music‚ specifically rap‚ to be associated with negative connotations of blackness‚ “letting commercialized hip hop become a nearly constant caricature of gangstas‚ pimps‚ and hoes‚ we’ve come to equate black poverty with black street life. Mainstream music is still more “censored” and does not always focus on content rather than form. It is
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Defensive localism in white and black: A comparative history of european-american and african-american youth gangs 23(2)‚ 272-301. Retrieved on October 8‚ 2005‚ from EBSCOhost. Armstrong‚ E. G. (2003). Devil music and gangsta rap: A comparison of sexual violence in blues and rap lyrics Bemark‚ F.‚ Chi-Ying‚ R.‚ & Siroskey-Sabdo‚ L. A.‚ (2005). Empowerment groups fpr academic success: An innovative approach to prevent high school failure for at-risk‚ urban afrians Professional School Counseling
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Darling 1 Mrs. Butler AP English 11 Children and Violence Over the past 30 years‚ behavior in children has worsened. Growing up used to less traumatic just a few decades ago. Children back then worried about things such as a flat tire on their bike and hoped that their teacher wouldn ’t give them too much homework. (Anderson‚ 1) Children and adolescents have among the highest rates of conventional crime victimization and‚ in addition‚ suffer from some crimes like sexual abuse and family
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business regardless if they were popular at one point. As mixes change the genre of music either adapts or evolves into a new one. For instance‚ rap music once used snare drums‚ guitars‚ and fast passed monotone lyrics. Over time‚ the meaning of the lyrics changed and with that the “beat” fallowed. Rap changed from party time‚ to violence‚ to being gangsta‚ to something that cannot be defined‚ so naturally an undefined mixing style occurred‚ losing its edge‚ becoming less popular. The three most
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English 101‚ Section LLC December 11‚ 2013 Essay 3.2 (Hip hop) First Draft Dr. Boyce Watkins debates with Michael Eric Dyson on whether or not hip hop artists should be held accountable for their words. Both off these men already know‚ all of the artist should be held accountable‚ however if we can put the artist to task to stop making that kind of idiotic music‚ will we have the power to stop that machine that has rob us blind but still put out recording artists slaves that get plenty
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