Tech n9ne actually oriented from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun & a rapper Black Walt Gave this name to him because of his fast rap style. He started rapping from the early age when he was a kid ‚he didn’t meet his father and his mother has lupus and epilepsy because of that these things inspired and affected him to search for god. Yates really like these Old School rappers like Just-Ice‚ Public Enemy
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For as long as mankind has walked on this earth‚ music has been an important part of our culture and lifestyles. Each walk of life beats to a different drum. Different cultures use music for many aspects of their lives; for religious purposes‚ for celebrations‚ for comfort‚ for sorrow‚ for relaxation‚ for sports‚ for dances‚ for energy‚ for learning‚ for sleeping‚ and for sexual experiences. Everyone uses music for something. Music connects with people and reaches them in ways that words simply
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Anson Wong WRI 1200 Prof. Patrice Wilson May 14‚ 2010 Hip-hop as a Cultural Movement What first comes to mind nowadays when you hear the word ‘hip-hop’? Most people think of a gangster embellished in large diamonds‚ sporting baggy clothes‚ huge cars‚ all with a general disregard for the welfare of humanity. It wasn’t always like this: hip-hop was originally born as a recreational activity‚ used as an outlet to cope with poverty. The notion of hip-hop has clearly changed in a big way since
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THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS To begin‚ imagine that you have a child. You notice that he/she is rapping about “These h*** ain’t loyal.” Now they have a younger sibling and they are learning the same explicit lyrics. Next thing you know they are both disrespecting women. This is what hip hop teaches consumers in society. There are many citizens that believe hip hop has a negative and positive impact on communities. Some say it makes youths violent and negative. Others say it connects to the public and
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behave a certain way is because of the music they listen to these days. The music that these urban kids are listening to is primarily Hip Hop which is if you don’t know is a genre of music that is characterized by a performer speaking rhythmically‚ or rapping‚ over a backing track that often but not always consists of loops or samples of other music woven together (www.globalpost.com). Hip Hop gets a very bad reputation because of the explicit lyrics that talk about gang violence‚ sex‚ drug and alcohol
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In 1984‚ when Roxanne Shante first came out with the song “Roxanne’s Revenge‚” (in response to the hit song on the radio “Roxanne Roxanne”) she dissed the whole UTFO crew‚ while simultaneously sending the message to other female emcees interested in making a name for themselves that now was the time to step their game up and enter the world of hip-hop. While the eighties seemed to represent an emergence of females in the culture‚ the nineties proved to be an explosion‚ with as many as forty-plus
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music is an “American minority artist creation” that originated in the Bronx‚ New York in the 70s (Rhodes‚ Henry). Rappers first began to rap at local house parties along funky party music that people danced to. At this time of the music’s evolution‚ rapping would go on for about fourteen minuets and often times it would be turned into rap battles. Forwarding couple of years‚ rap music began gained popularity in the media and in the 80s it became a “distinct musical genre” (Wood‚ Joann). The more fame
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Critics of the global media giants claim that global media is increasingly homogenised. Others‚ in contrast‚ argue that global media is thoroughly hybridised. Discuss the evidence for each of these positions with reference to hip-hop. I: Introduction Increasingly over the past twenty years‚ hip-hop has transformed from “marginalised to mainstream” (Motley & Henderson‚ 2008‚ p.243) as more and more of the world’s youth follow the genre. With these growing numbers all over the world there is
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intention to discuss in my unit the connection between the Griots and American rap music. Although‚ I will assign my students the task of doing a brief report on the African Griots prior to beginning my unit to help illustrate to my students that rapping has a long and illustrious history. I strongly suggest that anyone using my unit do the same. My unit is intended for middle school or high school students who are studying American history. One can not study American rap music without studying what
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INTRODUCTION The way in which we choose to communicate plays an integral role into how we understand ourselves and our environment. As our world continues to globalize new phenomenons begin to emerge that heavily affect the way we communicate and subsequently the notion of our identities. In the past‚ our identities have been linked to our local languages‚ (Pennycook‚ 2003‚ p. 516) however as our world progresses this belief is far too simple and requires much more thought. Globalization has
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