Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements
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(yeah) Cause everyone back home don’t act the same no more (yeah) So tell these motherfuckers I ain’t playin’ no more (woah) I’m drownin’ out my problems ’til my pain no more (yeah) I’m goin’ numb‚ hey I hope you see what you’ve done to me I’m goin’ numb‚ hey Blurry vision‚ live it fast Motherfuck my past‚ I’m goin’ numb Still in my room‚ starin’ up at the ceiling It’s funny how I’m weak if I tell them that I have feelings It’s funny how they think that they’re
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Cube‚ Eazy E‚ Arabian Prince‚ and Dr.Dre. Together the group went on the make many classic hits of gangsta rap and even crowned themselves the inventors of gangsta rap. They released their first studio album together titled “N.W.A and the posse” in 1987 which had songs “Dopeman” and “ Boyz-N-The Hood.” They released their next album “Straight Outta Compton” in 1988 and was an instant hit for the gangsta rap community. It had songs “Straight Outta Compton‚” “Dopeman remix‚” and “**** the
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been a slight decline from the statistics in 1995(OJJDP). What was the cause for this uprise in juvenile delinquincy? I will discuss 2 different theories to why there was such an increase in juvenile crime rates. I will analyze the rise of the "Gangsta-Rap" culture in the early 1990 ’s and how it may have affected teenagers that are in lower- income families. Many people believe that the increase in real life violence on television is a cause for violence in juveniles. I will discuss the evidence
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music was in its early stages‚ it was already on its way to evolution as artists added their own feel to it. Rappers began telling their stories in different ways‚ bringing the six categories of rap to life. Rap falls into six primary categories; “gangsta‚” which focuses mainly on murder‚ money and chaos; apolitical pop‚ which has easygoing lyrics and a nice danceable beat; political‚ whose main focuses are social problems as they analyze what is going on in their communities. The message is usually
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panthers post civil rights movement (Price‚ 2006). Hip Hop has become a dominant global youth culture with music‚ art‚ fashion‚ films and Tupac an icon within this culture a “Black Elvis”. Hip Hop has many different sub genres such as conscious‚ gangsta‚ party rap and with emcees in the different genres according to their subject matter. The paper will explore Changes a conscious rap song that was recorded by Tupac in 1992‚ at a time when African Americans were affected by the beating of Rodney King
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N.W.A (an abbreviation of Niggaz Wit Attitudes)[1][2][3] was an American hip hop group from Compton‚ California‚ widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap and west coast hip hop sub-genres‚ sometimes credited as the most important group in the history of rap music.[4] Active from 1986 to 1991‚ the rap group endured controversy due to the explicit lyrics that many considered to be disrespectful to women‚ and glorifying drugs and crime. The group was subsequently banned from many
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topic is how the Trinity has come to shape or define how we‚ the public define hip-hop. The Trinity is the idea of how hip-hop has become ill or sick due to the fact that it has evolved from the old traditional days into the new pimp‚ “ho“‚ and “gangsta” type of hip-hop. In my paper I will diagnose what the you would consider the original thoughts were of hip-hop and how they have been altered. The thought back then for what we know now wasn’t close to anything like it is now days. There was a
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guns‚ is hard to believe that one of the greatest and famous rappers in the world would change from one day to other. The dog became a lion‚ those lyrics that used to talk about money and drug dealing now talk about peace‚ love and forgiveness‚ the gangsta rapper that everybody know had change to a Rastafarian. Snoop Dogg is on the top ten best rappers in history‚ well recognized by his hits and songs with other greatest rappers like Dr. Dree and 50 Cent. Nobody in the world would imagine that one
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their lives‚ but while doing this‚ they also use an abundance of profanity‚ make many references about violence‚ and sometimes even killing. Snoop Dogg is a rapper who is guilty of doing this. John Leland‚ author of the article “Criminal Records: Gangsta rap and the culture of violence” says that “Snoop Doggy Dogg is not everyone’s idea of a role model”(Leland‚ 1993). Kids in today’s age that listen to this type of music think otherwise however. “Rappers may send a specific message to certain people”(Leland
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