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    The hip-pop subculture is based on the rap music style. Since emerging in the United States in the 1970s‚ hip-pop has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of different forms. Hip-pop culture revolves around a set of varies styles distinct from those of popular cultures and other subcultures. Hip-pop ideology is concerned with the individual’s fundamental right to freedom‚ and a less restricted lifestyle. Hip-pop ethics advocate the role of personal choice in the development and pursuit

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    It all started with the birth of a nation. The shameful crimes that build this country rest on the backs of an enslaved people‚ yesterday in chains and with laws and today behind bars and within socialization. The tale is as old as our time.   The first slaves were brought to the Virginia Colony in the early 1600s. they were simply indentured servant whom would be released after working an agreed number of years. They came to America on a voluntary basis. Soon after‚ that model of slavery was replaces

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    1960’s Mod subculture Mary Quant The most important thing for one who works in fashion industry is to notice and observe social and cultural movements. Because fashion is a lifestyle that contains travel‚ communication‚ clothing‚ language‚ manners‚ food‚ our thinking and the way we look at various things. It reaches far beyond clothes and connects different cultures to give an opportunity to choose how to live our lives. For all the designers‚ marketers‚ retailers and anyone who works in fashion

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    Al Capone was born on 17th January 1899 in Brooklyn‚ New York to an Italian immigrant family. By the age of 12 he had dropped out school and joined a notorious street gang belonging to Johnny Torrio‚ the Five Points Gang. Due to introduction of prohibition‚ he became arguably the most successful and well-known figure in organised crime. After murdering two and hospitalising one rival gang members‚ in 1919 Capone moved to Chicago. He intimidated Johnny Torrio’s rivals within the city to try and get

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    St. Valentine’s Day Massacre The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the climax of the Prohibition Era and lead to the decrease in gang involvement in chicago‚ because after that day there was an increase in police in the city. The great horror story of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the most gruesome murder that was never solved. The police and federal officers never found evidence to convict a single person for that appalling day. The Prohibition caused many gangs to involve in illegal trades

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    Saint Valentines Day Massacre Being headed by Al Capone‚ The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre has been named “the most notorious gangster killing of the Prohibition era.” (Rosenberg) This event involved two rival gangs‚ South Side Italian gang and the North Side Irish gang‚ in which the intended target was Bugs Moran -- the leader of the North Side Irish gang. On the morning of February 14‚ 1929‚ seven people decided to perform a set up. When the gunmen – two disguised as cops – entered the garage

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    Alphonse Gabriel Capone‚ also known as one of the most notorious gangsters in American history‚ led the Prohibition-era crime syndicate in Chicago. However Capone was not the only one involved with the illegal distribution of alcohol‚ the rival North Gang leader‚ Bugs Moran‚ was also very involved with the same illegal activities as Capone. Although it was pretty well known that Capone was involved in various illegal activities he made some large contributions to notable charities to keep his reputation

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    The Crimes The first mobster job of Al Capone was a crackdown on racketeering in Chicago that involved moving operations to Cicero. His brothers‚ Frank and Ralph‚ assisted him in infiltrating the police and the government departments. They took leading positions between them within Cicero city government in addition to running gambling clubs‚ brothels‚ and racetracks. Al Capone kidnapped the election workers of the opponents and threatened the voters with violence. Capone’s brother‚ Frank was shot

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    Yes‚ in the Roaring Twenties you may have heard of Lindbergh’s’ flight through the trans-Atlantic flight. But surely just by a quick glance you would’ve heard of the boss named Capone. The Capone the public of knew of him was a highly well known and charismatic mob boss of Chicago. At one point‚ this very Capone would even reached national news through the costs of lives taken involving him. Of course that would make him disliked by the government‚ but that didn’t changed that some liked him and

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    The Boondock Saints When the city you call home is tainted with evil and the law seems to over look it; do you take charge? Run by religion‚ held up by their family‚ and an overwhelming urge to rid the city of Boston of evil. They’re what the media came to dub as “The Saints”. The Boondock Saints is a movie about religion‚ family‚ and vigilante justice. The movie starts off with two very religious Irish brothers Connor and Murphy McManus who decide God has chosen them to rid the city of Boston

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