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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Jalaia Surles Professor Wally Shaw Music Appreciation 2 December 2016 Hip Hop vs Rap When I think of Hip Hop‚ I think of mainly guys beatboxing. Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines using your mouth and voice. Hip Hop artists such as Doug E. Fresh and Vanilla Ice used the beatboxing style of rhyming in a lot of music in the mid 80’s and early 90’s. Another thing that comes to mind is men walking around with boom boxes up close to their
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Katt’s Guide to Surviving Middle School. By: Faith Anderson Hi my name is Katt James and middle school is my kingdom. My boyfriend is my king well sort of more like a crush who I am about 75% sure likes me back! My best friend‚ Bella is always here for me no matter how mad I make her day to day. School is good I’m very smart I have all A’s wow me I guess. Eli (my crush) and I had the most awkward conversation ever about our favorite singer‚ Bella thankfully came and saved me from Eli
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Two singers: 50 cent and Jay Sean In the present time‚ it is without a shadow of a doubt‚ partly a fashion trend to listen to music vocalized by highly professional singers. The youth‚ counting me‚ listen to beloved singers on portable mp3’s on a constant basis. In other words‚ new fans of singers are emerging and gathering up as the singers gaining popularity. Bluntly put‚ the singer with the best song‚ image and with the highest spectators perceived as the top one. Like millions of thousands of
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Larry Aranda 01-29-2015 J Cole’s Forest Hills Drive Album review J Coles new album Forest Hills drive has the fire that could put him on the “throne” of rap. This new album of his clearly separates his new work from his old work going from a try hard main stream artist trying to please the music community on their taste of music instead of spilling his own sound kind of rapper‚ to a now self-pronounced “rap king” In his new album J Cole goes back way back to his childhood‚ life struggles ‚relationships
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“It’s what you always wanted to accomplish. Everyone‚ when they are young‚ knows what their personal legend is.” – The King of Salem pg. 21. The King is telling Santiago what a personal legend is‚ it is important because Santiago needs to find his personal legend. “And when you want something‚ all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it”- The King of Salem pg.22. The King is telling Santiago that everyone is on his side‚ and will help him achieve his goals. This is important because the
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A game-changing artist and an impervious celebrity‚ Lil Wayne began as his career as a near-novelty — a preteen delivering hardcore hip-hop — but through years of maturation and reinventing the mixtape game‚ he developed into a million-selling rapper with a massive body of work‚ one so inventive and cunning that it makes his famous claim of being the “best rapper alive” worth considering. Born Dwayne Michael Carter‚ Jr. and raised in the infamous New Orleans neighborhood of Hollygrove‚ he was a straight-A
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With such valuable‚ one- time experience at hand‚ I would wish to spend not only an entertaining‚ interesting evening‚ but one which would also prove valuable‚ meaningful‚ and thought provoking. Such an evening might be fulfilled by dinner and conversation with Marshall Mathers. Marshall Mathers was born on October 17‚ 1972‚ at Saint Joseph‚ Missouri. Marshall Mathers is of Scottish‚ German‚ Swiss and Polish ancestry. Beside the distinguished honor of meeting this man‚ I have several reasons for
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Immortal Technique is the greatest rapper of all time. Many will argue against this assertion and many will protest that he couldn’t possibly be the best because they’ve never even heard of him. However‚ the few who have heard him will agree that he has an incredibly unique voice and lyrical ability and that he touches on subjects that most rappers won’t touch with a ten foot pole. Hopefully I can convince you of Immortal Technique’s brilliance and convince some people to listen to his music
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Chance is the Greatest Rapper Alive “Depending on the story that you’re tellin’‚ you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody’s story.”- Chance the Rapper. Chance was born as Chancelor Johnathon Bennett on April 16‚ 1993. Chance became known for his song “Windows” that he released in 2011. Chance has a young daughter‚ and a girlfriend of 4 years. Chance is unlike most rappers. He refers to Christ in his most of his songs‚ he’s a major promoter for the #SaveChicago campaign
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