credibility. Not all African Americans are poor; there are some that are actually very rich and famous. The only reason why we aren’t making money is because we a portrayed as inferior‚ unimportant‚ and void of creditability. For instance there are many hip hop artist and athletes making millions of dollars a month. Chris Brown‚ Beyonce‚ Tiger Woods etc. See not all black people are poor. Most black people are accused to be involved with drugs. Not true. Maybe some‚ but not all are involved with drugs
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Becca Pitts Mrs. Allen Contemporary Literature 22 January 2014 Consequences for Bullying There should be higher consequences for someone who bullies. Bullying kills kids and teens. Youths today do not realize that words do hurt. It is not just words that hurt‚ actions hurt to. Bullying is not just face to face. Cyberbullying has a big impact on bullying too‚ not just face to face. It happens on any online site. Most online sites that bullying occurs on is MySpace‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Instagram
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Hip hop is one of the most controversial and beloved genres of music amongst the youth and working class culture of the 20th century (Aldridge et al. 2016). Even though it is popularized as just a form of music‚ some would argue that it is a lifestyle that transcends borders. It is an art form that has been driven through the social‚ economic‚ and cultural realities that individuals face on a daily basis while sampling jazz‚ rock‚ blues‚ and soul to compose a breed of its own (Aldridge et al. 2016
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Timbaland quickly made a name for himself in the late-’90s hip-hop game as not only an inventive producer with an eccentric sense of beat construction but also as one of the most commercially proven producers. This unlikely synthesis of eccentricity and commerciality made him a hot commodity by the end of the ’90s as America’s top MCs -- Nas‚ Snoop Dogg‚ Jay-Z -- paid big money for an opportunity to work with him on the occasional track or two. Though his aesthetic was undoubtedly unique‚ it did
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The Golden era of east coast hip-hop This piece will demonstrate an understanding of the golden era of East coast hip-hop‚ from 1986 to 1993‚ focusing and analysing the historical roots‚ influences and inspirational individuals‚ giving reference to musical examples that shaped East coast hip-hop. Attention will also be centred on the legacy left‚ concentrating on the music that was influenced as well as the resulting change in fashion and political views. Historical roots & influence The
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In a fit of patriotic zeal‚ American folk musician Woody Guthrie famously scrawled the words “this machine kills fascists” onto his acoustic guitar. It marked the beginning of an era where American rock & roll music would infiltrate politics and alter political realities both at home and abroad. Guthrie’s “machine” was a synecdoche for music‚ specifically‚ music’s ability to topple authoritarianism and rattle the political landscape. The epitaph foretold that sometimes a guitar‚ more than even armaments
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Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s‚ among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards‚ became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore‚ it consists of four fundamental elements‚ which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap‚ turntablism‚ b-boying‚ and lastly graffiti art
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Sex‚ Drugs‚ and Rock and Roll Rock and Roll is a genre of music that is known for its earsplitting music and people of the partying atmosphere. During the 1950’s and 1960’s these partying people were better known as "hippies‚" easy going‚ laid back‚ just here to have a good time. Thinking back to 1951‚ Alan Freed discovered Rock and Roll; Freed was a disc jockey that obviously loved music. Nowadays we look at rock and roll as a past era that dominated the musical world at one time. Families
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Early rock and roll music absorbed a lot of elements of African-American music‚ such as blues and jazz. These black popular music elements appeared frequently in early rock and roll songs‚ and were favored by white youth during 1950s. It is no doubt that Elvis Presley‚ who is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”‚ is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Although Presley was a white man‚ he did not sing like other white singers before his time; Otherwise
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and 1970’s rock music took the nation by storm‚ again. With its new wave of music‚ evident in the more dynamic tempos and uplifting sound‚ rock and roll had a much more impactful message to spread than it had in the 1950’s. In the 1950’s the music was simply made for fun‚ whilst in the 60’s and 70’s‚ although the music was still fun‚ in was proving a much more specific criticism on racial disputes. There was a notable spilt in the industry between black rock and roll and white rock and roll. Many youth
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