he is thousands of miles away. Critics of “Mockingbird” said the lyrics of the songs were a heart-warming sensation and addresses to a lot of people who are without a member of their family. With Eminem and his success‚ he is not just famous for the style he presents‚ but the messages he carries out and the realities there are in life. “Along with the widespread drug use…Many artists simply left these tough issues alone‚ but Tupac gravitated toward the controversy.”(Seth Campbell‚ Opinion) Rap music
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The Rose That Grew From Concrete Tupac Shakur was a black African American rapper who lived his life with poverty‚ violence and drugs. Tupac Shakur was born in New York City. His parents had separated before he was born‚ and his mother moved him and his sister around the country for much of their childhood. Frequently‚ the family was at the poverty level‚ but Shakur managed to gain acceptance to the prestigious Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager. While he was at the school‚ his
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Kane‚ and more changed the industry with catchy tunes and lyrics that talked about hard topics like slavery‚ violence‚ and police brutality. These lyrics sometimes caused major conflict‚ whether between races or with civilians and police. Hip Hop was very controversial in the 80s. “Gangsta rap” has caused a lot of controversy‚ many people protested this music in the late 80s and 90s due to the message within its lyrics and what those lyrics conveyed. Many accused “Gangsta Rap” for promoting things
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popular until the early 80’s. Over the years it has become mainstream music‚ everyone is listening to it. In 1989 a local group called N.W.A.(Niggaz Wit Attitudes) came from out of L.A. and changed rap‚ which was the start of Gangsta Rap. In their lyrics they talked about crime‚ street violence and killing. Once they were a huge hit‚ it caught on‚ and really that’s when all this madness started. Everyone started rapping gangsta style. More and more people started rapping about police brutality and
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drug charges. No matter how much hip-hop attempts to elevate‚ it remains shackled to cliché (Bigger than Hip-hop‚ 4). Rap and violence continues to be linked in the media. Admittedly‚ rap has its violence‚ its raw language‚ and its misogynistic lyrics. However‚ it is an art form that accurately reports "the nuances‚ pathology and most importantly‚ resilience of America’s next best secret ..the black ghetto" (Dawsey‚ 1994). Hip-hop/rap culture is a resistance culture. Thus rap music is not only
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Imani. The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto. 1st ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ 2008. 134-135. Print. Public Enemy. “Fear of a Black Planet.” Motown Records‚ 1989. CD. Odd Future. “We Got Bitches.” The O.T.F Tape Vol. 2. Odd Future‚ 2012.CD. Tupac Shakur. “Keep Ya Head Up.” Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Interscope Records‚ 1993. CD. Yin Yang Twins. “Wait (The Whisper Song).” United State of Atlanta. TVT Records‚ 2005. CD. 2Live Crew. As Nasty As They Wanna Be. Global Satellite‚ 1989. CD. "Kimora
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Herc originally created this style of music” (Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia). It was created as a way for people living in poverty in the inner cities to be heard. People outside of the cities didn’t take it very seriously until rappers such as Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. used well-written rhymes and nice beats to catch the attention of people. People started to notice the conditions that people were living in and it was embraced and brought to the spotlight as a major problem in some
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The resurrection of an exalted ‘90s rap god will have to wait another day as Tupac Shakur’s tomb remains occupied with his body tossing and turning in response to the egregious results of the biopic‚ “All Eyes on Me.” Tupac’s talent transcended the music industry of the early ‘90s‚ yet‚ “All Eyes on Me” fails to give justice to a slain life that aimed to alter the world’s trajectory through his poetic armory of lyrics. This ill-conceived biopic is permeated by an addled narrative‚ lethargic pacing
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Sex and images of hypersexualization of women are common in many popular rap songs. In “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne the lyrics are:“But man I ain’t never seen an a** like hers/That p***y in my mouth had me at a loss for words/I told her to back it up like burp burp/And make that a** jump like shczerp shczerp. (Metreolyrics). Then turn to a female rapper’s song‚ such as Nicki
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controversial songs and introduced many controversial topics to songs such as many of the lyrics‚ music and sound as well as the references in the song makes rap so controversial. Rap was introduced around 1970 and became a big sensation in the 1990s. Rap hasn’t really changed from its form of controversial ancestors of the 1900s. Artist such as the Notorious B.I.G.‚ Snoop Dogg oh sorry it’s Snoop Lion now‚ and Tupac ruled rap for a while. Whats wrong with these men you ask? Well they all have
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