Hip hop fashion is a distinctive style of dress‚ orgiginating with African American youth on the scene of various American cities. Each city contributed different elements to the style that is now known all over the world. Hip hop fashion gives a proper image of the expressions and attitudes of hip hop culture in general‚ and has changed significantly during its history. Today‚ its an important part of the fashion world and is worn by people all across the world. Hip hop fashion was first found
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Public Enemy is an American Hip Hop group formed in Long Island‚ New York in the late 1900s. The original members were Chuck D (original name Carlton Ridenhour‚ born on August 1‚ 1960 in Queens‚ New York)‚ Flavor Flav (original name William Drayton‚ born on March 16‚ 1959 in Long Island‚ New York)‚ Terminator X (original name Norman Lee Rogers‚ born on August 25‚ 1966 in New York City‚ New York)‚ and Professor Griff (original name Richard Griffin‚ born on August 1‚ 1960 in Long Island‚ New York)
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February 5‚ 2013 Latin America Culture Duma Salas LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT In this movie they reveal themselves to be extremely creative‚ literate‚ and thoughtful people who are trying to get something positive done. The one word that kept on coming up was "community." That’s where the music began‚ and that’s why it keeps on going. It’s where the rappers came from‚ it’s where their heart still is at‚ and it’s why they are trying to change things. Many black communities are in dire
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many different types of music. Such as Rap and Hip-Hop‚ Country and one of the most popular Rock And Roll. Rap and Hip-Hop has grown to be one of the most trendy type of music of the new generation. Influenced by the sounds of jazz and old soul came about a new type of music. Rap and Hip-Hop usually starts off with a musical beat followed by vocal rhymes and rhythm. Loud bass and different drums are involved too. In the beginning of Rap and Hip-Hop they were performed by DJ’s‚ who used turn tables
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I have been talking to my Mom about Hip Hop songs she has listened to‚ and after listening to some‚ I heard one that was quite interesting. This song‚ Don’t Fight the Feeling‚ by Too $hort. The song follows Too $hort‚ and his efforts to seduce Barbie‚ a women from the rap group The Danger Zone‚ whom is just not down to be his toy. This song is very explicit‚ but has its own charm to it‚ in very weird way. In the intro of the song‚ Too $hort right away calls this women a ho‚ and tells her that all
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owns‚ and for making the two words‚ “You’re Fired” famous. Trump could care less about hip hop music‚ but when his name started popping up in the lyrics‚ he couldn’t help but get involved. Hip hop artists can make a connection with him‚ and vice versa. The relation between the two is the ‘businessman mentality’. Big-time entrepreneurship is solely what connects the two. It’s clear that Trump is oblivious to hip hop’s small-fries‚ or even upcoming artists. He doesn’t mind serving as their hype-man
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Kool Herc points to modern music’s overproduction‚ “On most records‚ people have to wait through a lot of strings and singing to get to the good part of the record‚ but I just give it to them up front.” There is little doubt the evidence of punk and hip-hop’s simplistic approach in search of originality show a clear division from the extreme excess of the decade’s pop
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“advertisers who felt that ‘black radio’ would not reach a wide enough audience” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Its sound is defined by rhythm-and-blues or soul artists with mass crossover appeal. Today‚ urban music tends to be a phrase referring to hip-hop‚ rhythm-and-blues‚ and soul genres. When urban music first populated American radio‚ it was mainly black artists. Now‚ with artists like Justin Timberlake‚ Nelly‚ Eminem‚ and Mariah Carey (all who I previously mentioned as pop/R&B artists)
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who are studying American history. One can not study American rap music without studying what is known as the Hip Hop’ culture. Rap is an integral part of this subculture that did not evolve or exist in isolation from its other major components. Thus‚ one of my unit objectives will be to not only discuss and study rap music but also the other major parts of this subculture. Hip Hop’ culture was also comprised of graffiti‚ break dancing‚ and the attitude and dress of the people who subscribed to
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Comparison of the Pinkprint and the Marshal Mathers LP 2 The two rappers that will be compared in the following are Nicki Minaj and Eminem. Unfortunately there is no known white female rapper except for Iggy Azalea‚ who is both‚ appropriating AAVE in her songs‚ as well as not American. Gender will not play a role in the comparison‚ the goal is to only focus on the language of different races. Six songs from The Pinkprint and The Marshal Mathers LP 2 respectively‚ omitting collaborations with other
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