Fox hip hop opera ‘Empire has a star studded cast Taraji P. Henson plays (Cookie Lyons) Terrance Howard (Lucious Lyons) and Gabourey Sidibe (Becky). The show real life scenarios‚ and imperfect Hollywood storyline. Viewers watching can imagine parts of their lives panning out to resemble “Empire” storyline. Last season “Empire” storyline focused on Cookie and Luscious Lyons relationship‚ and the struggles that occurred before there was wealth. As Cookie served time in prison Luscious Lyons started
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Hip-Hop Comparison Quinton Frizell ENGL112 March 13‚ 2011 Nelly Aguilar Growing up in the 1980’s and the 90’s I became a huge fan of Hip-Hop music. My friends and I used to sit around for hours listening to our favorite rappers on the radio and watching the videos on television. We would argue for hours about who was a better lyricist and why. Now as I have grown older and the music I have grown to love and still listen to has changed‚ I find myself asking a very good question. What has
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“Going back to Cali‚ Cali‚ Cali; I’m going back to Cali. hmm‚ I don’t think so” are lyrics to a well-known Hip Hop song track that was originally written by LL Cool J in 1987 and then remixed in the late 90s by Notorious B.I.G (TrevzNewPop‚ 2016). According to New Pop archives‚ the remix actually became more infamous than the original song as many fans believe that certain stanzas in this caustic version may have been a prelude to a haughty yet violent end for this artist. With all things being
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The Effects of Hip-Hop in Our Culture There are many differing opinions on whether or not Hip-Hop has a detrimental effect on our culture and youth today. The question I ask is whether it is life portraying art‚ or art portraying life? Anytime there is an increase in crime‚ and a decrease in the number of high school graduates there must be something left to blame. Although it may seem easy to say that the media has an effect on the way we see things around us‚ to what extent is that true
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Hip-Hop: A New Generation Hip-hop was born out of the Bronx during the 1970s. Artists such as Grandmaster Flash‚ DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaata mixed funk‚ soul and Jamaican "toasting" (chanting over music) to create a type of hip-hop. Since its early formation‚ hip-hop has become one of the world’s biggest-selling musical genres. Its influence on Western society is far reaching and hip-hop is often referred to as a "culture". Hip-Hop has had a notable influence on fashion‚ language‚ art and
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Rebecca Walker James Thomas 12-11-12 1 I liked most about the story before hip-hop was hip-hop was when Rebecca walker got her clothes the Nike kicks that were red and white and her suit that was grey and red.2 (a) She got crackle energy because the music like took over her body and she went crazy dance in parties on the block at the corner (b) it helped them by letting figure out what life means to them and how much music is fun and dancing all the time. (c) it provide them time for them self’s
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suicide‚ homicide‚ and domestic violence (p315). According to this article‚ the presence of a firearm in the home reportedly results in death or injury to household members or visitors over 12 times more often than to an intruder (p315). This report has somewhat influenced my initial thoughts about guns to be more hazard to my own family than to an intruder. Do guns make others safe? I don’t feel that we are safe at all from police or security guards. Trayvon Martin’s case is a prime example of a gun
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Hip Hop culture has uplifted and influence the generation of young americans ‚ giving the people a voice. Hip Hop Nation goes from being a mere method of advertisement to a way to voice your opinions . “African Americans across the country who identified with [rap] were informed by it a medium through which to share national culture. In the process‚ rap artists became the dominant public voice of this generation” (Kitwana 10) “Historically‚ African Americans have shown a strong degree of racial
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To differentiate between objective and subjective points of view we need to understand the challenges and experiences that an individual may have gone through that makes them who they are today. We only can compare our self to our self since we are the only one who really knows what if feels like to be our individual self. Nagel suggests that the biological and physical process that makes consciousness something more could be the “single point of view.” (Nagel‚ P. 4).
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The Ramones’ style was a reaction against the heavily polished music that controlled the mainstream in the 1970’s. Who influenced Hip Hop hero Grandmaster Flash? Grandmaster Flash carefully studied the styles and skills of earlier DJ’s such as Pete Jones‚ Kool Herc‚ and Grandmaster Flowers. As a teenager‚ he began to experiment with DJ gear in his bedroom‚ eventually forming and
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