Electronic Dance Music‚ also known as the acronym “EDM”‚ has stirred up a controversy across the United States in the past few weeks. The controversy started at Electric Zoo (Ezoo)‚ a 3-day electronic dance music festival that is held yearly in New York City on Randall’s Island. On the second day of the event‚ 2 maximal ravers died and 4 were hospitalized due to the over use of Ecstasy (also known for the slang term “Molly”) which immediately lead to the cancellation of the third and final day of
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Can Music really influence you? We live in a world where we listen to music frequently because we are surrounded by it constantly therefore hard to avoid. If we do not wish to see something we close our eyes and if we don’t wish to hear something we cover our ears but it does not block the sound completely. [3] We hear music in stores‚ restaurants‚ in our cars‚ in our houses‚ and with our headphones. I believe music can influence everyone but up to a certain degree. There has been many research
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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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My portal has been something that I could take anywhere with me‚ and within minutes or even seconds‚ I could be transported back to the world I know. My sleek‚ white earphones were always stashed away in my pocket‚ just in case for whenever I had some free time or felt the need to escape from the daily grind. After unraveling the tangled mess‚ plugging it into my phone‚ and pressing play‚ I was taken to another world through the music of various artists‚ particularly those of rap or R&B. Whether
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U08d1-Empowering the Youth of Today-A. Tindall Choose and research one area. The area of interest chosen was education. The National Center for Education Statistics reported attainment rates for high school diplomas or G.E.D increased for White Americans from 89 to 94 percent; African Americans from 77 to 88 percent; Hispanics from 58 to 71 percent‚ and Asian/Pacific Islanders from 90 to 95 percent‚ in the time frame of 1990 to 2011. School is vital to a student’s educational success and development
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The Filipino Youth : Coping With Modern Technology We have come to an era where everything inconceivable for the past 50 years has been made possible and actual. Once a dream‚ now a commodity. Once a prospect‚ now outdated. Once a thing of imagination‚ now an item of sensation. We can say that everything‚ I mean‚ everything‚ is now made available and accessible. Man is the only living specie with boundless needs‚ but thankfully‚ with immeasurable capacity to invent things and satisfy his
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The 1980s was an era which witnessed the emergence of early Rap music with specific groups such as N.W.A coming from poverty stricken backgrounds and thus having a far lower socioeconomic status compared to many of the other big stars they were surrounded by. Furthermore‚ they used this to spread the details of true experiences of those closest to them who had encountered police brutality as a direct result of racist views. Racism was still a huge issue during the 1980s and caused many black singers
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they are negative towards people and you have to deal with it mentally. When I was seven‚ I had a bad experience with a scary movie. My friends forced me to watch Halloween with them on a cold fall night in October. The disturbing image of Mike Myers killing someone is still locked in my mind today. I hated this film because of the white mask Mike Myers would wear. I hate the fact that I know something is going to pop out at me in the movie and make me jump out of my seat. Studies today have shown
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songs cause the youth to starts fights and also kill themselves. On the other hand‚ gangs and street thugs are a few examples. However‚ teenagers are starting to kills‚ steals‚ vandalize. Therefore‚ hip-hop culture and movement has an negative impact on contemporary African American identities based on how they represent themselves. This is due to the fact it promotes an unhealthy lifestyle towards attitudes and behaviors of American Youth. In addition‚ it teaches African American youth to use profanity
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hundreds of years music has played a role in society to either entertain‚ inspire and even for relaxation purposes‚ but in today’s time music is completely different we live in an era that for entertainment we can hop on our phones and watch a live television broadcast‚ to relax we can drive any where we want and have the pleasure to watch a beautiful sunset or watch the stars in the sky. Music plays a huge role in society today and I believe rap music plays a huge roll in today’s youth by inspiring‚
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