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    Rap Now a days there are many different types of music. There’s hip-hop‚ r&b‚ metal‚ rock or religious music. My favorite is Hip-hop because of its culture and because according to Wikipedia “rap origins from it Hip-Hop.” Wikipedia also states that “Rap is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping‚ a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It had been developed as part of hip hop culture‚ a subculture defined by four key elements: MCing/rapping

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    B-Boys Film Analysis

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    Afrika Bambaataa‚ Fab 5 Freddy‚ Frosty Freeze‚ Kool Herc‚ and numerous other relevant hip-hop connoisseurs explore the culture of hip-hop‚ specifically by breaking down how B-Boys and B-Girls pioneered and shaped the hip-hop culture known today. While this documentary‚ interview-styled film had limited information to share about other aspects of hip-hop‚ it gave a wide variety of facts and details of B-Boying‚ or ‘break-dancing’‚ which is considered to be one of the key elements. Overall‚ this film

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    Cook begins his contribution in this book by talking about the background of Jay-Z. He eventually gets to his main claim‚ that even though hip hop and black urban culture isn’t highly represented through mainstream media‚ Jay-Z is able to provide a media for his expression because of his developed fanbase. His presence within pop culture allows him to do this as well. Cook supports his main claim with a subclaim‚ that media typically doesn’t follow black celebrities around and have multiple news

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    In linguistic terms‚ "bling" is an ideophone (a sound intended to evoke an idea)—it is not onomatopoeia‚ because the act of jewelry shining does not make a sound. The form "bling-bling" is a case of reduplication. Coinage of the term "bling"‚ which came into use in the late 1990s‚ is often attributed to rap artists B.G. and Cash Money Millionaires. It was used in a song title by Cash Money Records rapper B.G.‚ and in 1998 by fellow Cash Money artist Lil Wayne on the track "Millionaire Dream" ("I

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    ain’t shit but hoes and tricks”-Snoop Dogg. These are lyrics from‚ gangster rapper‚ Dr. Dre’s song entitled‚ “Bitches Aint Shit”. Regrettably‚ this sort of language is prevalent in hip-hop music. Women are often stigmatized and presented as nothing more than objects for the satisfaction and entertainment of men. Men in hip-hop regularly refer to women with debasing and offensive names without consequence‚ and this treatment has not just begun recently. Unfortunately‚ this degradation of women has been

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    According to Jeff Chang‚ “By the beginning of 2005‚ hip-hop music‚ in particular‚ had become a weapon of mass distraction— abused by corporate media monopolies with their deployments of blockbuster-minded execs‚ reactionary programmers‚ and vernacular shock jocks‚ incurring a grassroots clapback from hip-hop activists dismayed at the pimping of their culture” (Chang‚ xi). In other words‚ the author points out that the new age of hip hop has lost the true meaning of the genre and is too focused on

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    Hip-hop can be described as a culture or way of life for a society of people who admire and love rap‚ breakdancing‚ deejaying‚ and graffiti. During the seventies‚ hip-hop was mainly the act of the DJs showing off their turntable skills‚ but it wasn’t until the late seventies and early eighties when rap‚ breakdancing‚ and graffiti started to make a name for themselves. Hip-hop is not only one of the most popular genres of music‚ but it also focuses on the poor or working class by putting an emphasis

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    Rapper's Delight Analysis

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    Rappers Delight - The Start of Hip-Hop and It’s Death Now what you hear is not a test‚ I’m rappin to the beat and me‚ the groove‚ and my friends are gonna try to move your feet see I am wonder mike and I like to say hello to the black‚ to the white‚ the red‚ and the brown‚ the purple and yellow. On January 5‚ 1980‚ New Jersey businesswoman and highly respected rhythm and Blues artist Sylvia Robinson and three young men from Englewood‚ New Jersey — Big Bank Hank‚ Master Gee and Wonder Mike — changed

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    Music’s also have created a wonderful memory for each of every one to enjoy it. Music also is one of the tools to produce a future star and artist to let people notice. There are several types of music’s that make people feel peaceful‚ such as pop‚ hip-hop‚ jazz‚ country‚ classical‚ rock and also R&B music. 2.0 Jazz music Jazz is a type of music that begins in 20th century. Jazz music is started with some African American community in the southern of United State that most of it is confluence of

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    Question: Is there a real connection between hip hop culture and juvenile delinquency in adolescents? Hypothesis: The more young adults are exposed to explicit hip hop culture the more likely they are to be influenced and practice what the lyrics in the song preach. Many sociologists wonder what have influenced such negative behavior amongst adolescents in society? What if it was music? In this paper I will find out if there is a real connection between hip hop and juvenile delinquency in adolescents

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