“By 1980s‚ Hip Hop had become an influential culture throughout United States. Hip Hop artists became signs of the popular culture after releasing successful songs‚ appearing in several televisions and radio shows‚ and winning awards. The main artists in this period included Tupac Shakur‚ Ice Cube‚ Tung Twista‚ Quincy Jones‚ Ice-T‚ and Snoop Dogg‚” (Persaud‚ 631). “During this period‚ Hip Hop experienced censorship after realize of a song that was seen by the FBI to causes violence and disrespect
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Kate Everett It’s a Bad Rap Every so often‚ a new style of music emerges in America. In the 1970s and 80s‚ it was rap. For many years‚ rap brought the population of African American’s together in a changing society. They all knew how it felt to be discriminated and terrorized. Rap was what people could relate to‚ because they knew they were not the only ones in trouble. Now‚ rap has changed for the worst. Modern mainstream rap is an embarrassment compared to the art form it used to be. Beginning
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Topic: Media Research Question: Is there a real connection between hip hop culture and juvenile delinquency in adolescents? Hypothesis: The more young adults are exposed to explicit hip hop culture the more likely they are to be influenced and practice what the lyrics in the song preach. Many sociologists wonder what have influenced such negative behavior amongst adolescents in society? What if it was music? In this paper I will find out if there is a real connection between hip hop and
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“Bitches ain’t shit but hoes and tricks”-Snoop Dogg. These are lyrics from‚ gangster rapper‚ Dr. Dre’s song entitled‚ “Bitches Aint Shit”. Regrettably‚ this sort of language is prevalent in hip-hop music. Women are often stigmatized and presented as nothing more than objects for the satisfaction and entertainment of men. Men in hip-hop regularly refer to women with debasing and offensive names without consequence‚ and this treatment has not just begun recently. Unfortunately‚ this degradation of
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Weezy F. Baby‚ otherwise known as Lil Wayne‚ was born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. in New Orleans‚ LA‚ on the 27th of September in 1982. He is also known by the monikers Birdman Junior‚ Raw Tune‚ Weezy or simply Dwayne Carter. He has been a resident of New Orleans until August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf states and caused widespread damage. He has since relocated to Miami‚ FL. Lil Wayne claims to be "the best rapper alive since the best rapper retired." Lil Wayne’s musical career began
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Social Consciousness in “To Pimp a Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar Many consider Kendrick Lamar to be above beyond the talent of an average rapper; to others he is the bane of “quality” music. These two polarizing views can be attributed to a several different reasons; a generational gap‚ a shift in public thought‚ and the political atmosphere. Putting aside generational bias‚ while one might relate with Kendrick Lamar for his overarching message regarding race inequality‚ others might call it politically
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Written task 1 Michael: interviewer Big Z: Rapper Michael: Tonight please welcome the king of hip hop‚ the artist to sell over a million copies in 1 week. The one and only Big Z aka slicey dice. Michael: So how you feeling? Big Z: Good. Michael: So Big Z‚ how does it feel when your album climbed up from number 8 to number 1 on billboard. Big Z: well‚ I think I saw it coming cuz all the other albums I feel didn’t have much feeling in em. Michael: what makes you say that? Big Z: Like
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Started From the Top Just like many other rappers‚ Aubrey “Drake” Graham raps about how tough his life is/was and how he went from having nothing to having anything he wanted. However many people claim that these rappers rap about a life that they have never truly lived and that they try to create a public image that is fake which portrays them as a thug when they truly are not. In the articles‚ “Faux Americana: Why I Still Love Bruce Springsteen”‚ by Stephen Metcalf and “More Rock‚ Less Talk:
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People that do not listen to rap music should realize that rap music carries out positive meanings for society to recognize. People can take rap as too loud or annoying‚ or people think‚ “Why do these rap artists have to cuss so much?” Yes‚ rap music will talk about sex‚ drugs‚ and degrading women. I believe that true rap music serves its purpose by sharing life stories and confronting harsh realities. There is a rap song called “Mockingbird” by Eminem‚ and it is about Eminem telling his daughter
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Sitting in a room and writing music hoping to one day get noticed and become famous is what every songwriter wants. Seeing bright lights flash from cameras‚ having sold out shows and people buying your music seems like a dream. But this soon became a reality for a guy named Kanye West. Being noticed by a famous rapper named Jay-Z made Kanye West’s dreams come true. He has won tons of awards such as “MTV and Grammy awards.” “Kanye West’‚ biography.com‚ and was even on “Times Magazines 100 Most Influential
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