The English language is growing and changing every day. We have a living language‚ meaning that it will constantly change as society changes the meaning and connotations of words. The members of a society can take a word and make it mean something very different seemingly overnight. Word changes to fit our constantly growing society and we change them so they can fit our current societal situation. There may be times when the change of a word might not make complete sense‚ but society has accepted
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S. Mirzaei English 102 11/30/13 Gangsta Rap Gangsta Rap is a genre of hip-hop that came around in the 1980’s. In these songs rappers express the hardships and times they have been through. It is used to describe harsh realities of life for a modern black male living in poor areas. A gangsta is defined as “a member of an urban street gang.” (Merriam-Webster) The definition of gangsta rap is‚ “a type of rap music with lyrics about the violence and drug use of street gang” (Merriam-Webster). “The
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Kevin Gates debut album "Islah" has generated serious hype in the rap scene. Recently‚ his video for "Not the Only One" surpassed 8 million views on YouTube. In an era where generic rap artists are a dime a dozen‚ many are trying to figure out the secret to Gate’s success. KEVIN GATES: TOUGH BEGINNINGS Like most popular rap artists‚ Kevin Gates did not come from a privileged background. Born in 1986‚ the Baton Rouge legend had a tumultuous upbringing. Gates saw his first arrest in 1999 at the young
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help you get through it. In the book‚ Doug finds Lil. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt is about a boy named Doug who has and alcoholic father‚ a mother‚ and two brothers. He meets a girl named Lil and they quickly become friends. Lil helps Doug become a better person by helping him to overcome challenges like school‚ his drawing‚ and she helps him to like Marysville. In the book‚ Lil helps Doug a lot with school. In chapter three‚ while Doug and Lil were in math class‚ this happened‚ “You could see
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uproar. Lil Wayne stars in this one minute commercial‚ where he is seen cooking up George Washington. TMZ shared why people are so upset about the new Lil Wayne commercial that as of right now will still end up airing on Superbowl Sunday. This ad is for Apartments.com and features Jeff Goldblum and a gospel choir singing Jeffersons theme Moving On Up. pic.twitter.com/Ly5D1HIjp5 — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) February 2‚ 2016 Lil Wayne ends up cooking for George Washington. Of course‚ Lil Wayne
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girlfriend attends a gang meeting unbeknown to him‚ and ends up being killed by the gang’s leader Lil’ Mago. After the death of his girlfriend‚ Willy and El Smiley are taken on a trip with Lil’ Mago to a train area known as La Bombilla. La Bombilla is a location which illegal immigrants hide on trains to travel to the United States. Upon entering the train area with all the immigrants‚ Willy‚ El Smiley‚ and Lil’ Mago hold the immigrants by gun-point to steal their money and belongings. This is when the
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Childhood Observation Name: (neighbor) Lil M Location: Home of Lil M Age: 8 ½ years old I observed Lil M in his own surroundings. Lil M is an average size eight almost nine year old. Very nicely dressed in matching outfit with his long curly hair in a ponytail. There are no other children in the home. As I watch Lil M he watches me watch him and asks me what I am doing. I tell him I am taking notes on how a young boy plays and interacts with his surroundings. Lil M tells me that sounds boring and
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Dope Sick displays the life of a teenager named Lil J‚ who has lived through layers of pain and has to make difficult decisions. His life is troublesome with a drunken mother who has neglected him his whole life and a disappeared father. To make a living he steals his mom’s pills and uses them to forget about his hardships. His path from brokesick to dopesick leads him and his friend Rico to agree to a drug deal to make quick
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USA All music genres The most played tracks on SoundCloud this week # Track Plays (This week / All time) 1 Post Malone rockstar (feat. 21 Savage) 52532355.25M / 3449518434.4M 2 LIL PUMP Gucci Gang 27787672.77M / 2717102727.1M 3 XXXTENTACION XXXTENTACION - Fuck Love (feat. Trippie Redd) 26046322.6M / 3114657831.1M 4 YBN Nahmir YBN Nahmir -"Rubbin Off The Paint" (PROD. Izak) 25972472.59M / 1309801913M 5 Gucci Mane I Get The Bag (feat. Migos) 17952781.79M / 1904139619M 6 Kodak Black Roll In Peace
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Throughout the film we see Lil’ Dice evolve into Lil’ Ze. Lil’ Dice turned into Lil’ Ze when he became a man‚ and when he became in control of the drug scene in the slums. Lil’ Dice was just a child and did not know any better‚ He was influenced by all the horrible things that were happening around him while he was young. Changing his name to Lil’ Ze was a way to show his man hood and too grow up. Also so show a form of power to others‚ as if he could do as he pleases. Lil’ Ze became a monster due
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