“Going back to Cali‚ Cali‚ Cali; I’m going back to Cali. hmm‚ I don’t think so” are lyrics to a well-known Hip Hop song track that was originally written by LL Cool J in 1987 and then remixed in the late 90s by Notorious B.I.G (TrevzNewPop‚ 2016). According to New Pop archives‚ the remix actually became more infamous than the original song as many fans believe that certain stanzas in this caustic version may have been a prelude to a haughty yet violent end for this artist. With all things being
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Hip-Hop vs. America By: Phairron Price Angel Jenkins There is a huge controversy going on right now between the Hip-Hop Culture and America. When we say America we really we The U.S. Even though hip-hop is worldwide. Hip Hop means the whole culture of the movement. When you talk about rap. Rap is of the hip-hop culture. The emceeing. The d-jaying is part of the hip-hop culture. The dressing the languages are all part of the hip-hop culture. The break-dancing‚ the b-boys‚ and
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Burns-Ardolino Research Methods April 22‚ 2007 Positive Women in Hip Hop: Feminism in a Patriarchal Society I. Summary Despite the negative images that we are over exposed to‚ can society identify positive women in hip hop? As hip hop promises to become main stream‚ it is gradually morphing into a component that will eventually be accepted as popular culture. However‚ the degradation of women continues to be a staple of the hip hop culture. In rap music women are commonly referred to as “bitches
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The Effects of Hip-Hop in Our Culture There are many differing opinions on whether or not Hip-Hop has a detrimental effect on our culture and youth today. The question I ask is whether it is life portraying art‚ or art portraying life? Anytime there is an increase in crime‚ and a decrease in the number of high school graduates there must be something left to blame. Although it may seem easy to say that the media has an effect on the way we see things around us‚ to what extent is that true
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CASE PROBLEM: RUSSELL SIMMONS‚ THE CEO OF HIP-HOP 1. A leader is someone that influences and inspires others. Somebody who is innovative has the ability and capacity to create new ways of doing something. Russell Simmons qualifies as an innovative leader for his contribution to the Hip-Hop industry. He is a pioneer because he was the first person with a vision for the Hip-Hop culture. He turned this culture into a massive and global business. He understood the potential of the unloved Afro-American
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Do Guns Provide Safety? At What Cost? I am one of many Americans who believe that guns protect families. People who own firearms are supposed to be responsible and liable. There is controversy about whether gun possession really heightens personal safety and to what degree does gun violence factor in increased medical expenses. If less gun-related issues can come to a cease‚ than I believe health care cost would decrease sufficiently. I believe that people should have the right to bear arms
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America. Rap from this period is now called ‘Old School Rap’. Rap started by people rhyming in poems and using beats with it‚ poetry was a great influence on rap‚ mostly Old School Rap. They typical instruments in the Rap beat could basically be any beat‚ usually a short 4-8 loop with alot of base. Some of the most famous rappers include‚ Tupac Shakur‚ Biggie Smalls (Notorious B.I.G) Nas‚ Jay-Z and Eminem. Old School Rap is basically words with a beat‚ basically telling a story‚ mostly about
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Are we being fooled by The Hip-Hop Industry? A lot of us today really enjoy hip hop music‚ maybe because of the catchy beats‚ addictive hooks‚ or glamorized artiste that write and perform the songs‚ but do we really understand the power behind the messages in these songs. About two years ago I was introduced to the teachings of Evangelist G Craig Lewis‚ he stated that Hip Hop really is not all it is cut out to be but instead a satanic religion used to sway the mass to serve and alternative master
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What is Hip-Hop‚ and how has it become the biggest development in popular music ever in such a short period of time? Since its infancy‚ Hip-Hop has had a pervasive influence on every culture its touched‚ including fashion‚ dance‚ and especially social media‚ where music videos regularly receive hundreds of millions of views. But the unprecedented speed of Hip-Hop’s spread has left many scratching their heads on what all the fuss is about. In this paper‚ I will give a complete overview of Hip-Hop from
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Love Hip-Hop‚ he share his views on why white kids love hip-hop‚ Kitwana also acknowledges the shifts in hip-hop from an old generations radical views of hip-hop into a new cultural movement were young whites begin emulating blacks as cool due to technology advances that has made Hip-Hop mainstream. Mainstream connects hip hop and popular culture which creates an acceptance for hip-hop and alters the way young Americans look at race‚ giving people around the world a chance to embrace Hip-Hop. In return
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