youngest rappers Kris’s maturity as an emcee is beyond his years. Lyrics focusing on the harsh realities of the young black youth Kris paints pictures with words and looking to be one of raps leading voices in the year to come. Rapping since junior like most emcees born in the urban streets he started as a gangsta rapper quickly realizing this wasn’t who he is Kris decided just to be himself and rhyming from the heart heartfelt lyrics that spoke of the hard environment in which he grew up. The pain
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Introduction: Hip Hop in History: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Author(s): Derrick P. Alridge and James B. Stewart Source: The Journal of African American History‚ Vol. 90‚ No. 3‚ The History of Hip Hop (Summer‚ 2005)‚ pp. 190-195 Published by: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20063997 Accessed: 27/10/2009 14:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at
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the nation: it is the key one. It is the central cause of black people’s sense of general alienation‚ the first thing that comes up when you ask black people why they think racism defines their lives. It was what the panthers were all about‚ what gangsta rap was all about‚ what the O.J. Simpson vigilante-justice
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Respectable Rapper or Torturous Tupac? On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac Shakur was shot dead in a drive-by shooting as he was headed to a suite Suge Knight‚ a member of Death Row Records‚ rented for the night after the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match. The fight was held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ where Knight had spotted a crips gang member. As the black BMW Shakur and Knight were riding in halted at a red light‚ an unknown white Cadillac pulled up to the right of them. One
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“He’ll always live forever‚ not only 50 years from now but a thousand years from now. His name will always be in people’s hearts because he gave people the opportunity and the voice to say what they want and how they feel‚” stated Kendrick Lamar. Eazy-E grew up in Compton‚ California with a pretty rough life. As a highschool dropout‚ he founded Ruthless Records with Jerry Heller. Eazy and Heller would go on to form the N.W.A.‚ and through the N.W.A. Eazy made an enormous influence on America.
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woman but one’s mama‚ the study reveals ‘Black females are dissed by almost everyone‚’ including other Black females‚” wrote nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page. “The study of the hip-hop generation fails to pin down the big question: Does rap music and other traits of the hip-hop culture influence teens or merely mirror the culture that teens have created? The answer is probably both‚” Page noted. After more than two decades of hip-hop’s growth‚ an emerging cohort of young scholars may
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Visualize in your head a rock band‚ and a rapper. What kind of clothes are they wearing. What lyric styles are they singing in? And what color are they? Ongoing stereotypes suggest that the rock band is a group of white musicians and the rapper would be black. However‚ examples from the past and present shows that these stereotypes are untrue. Music is defined as "The art of organizing tones to produce a coherent sequence of sounds to elicit an aesthetic response in a listener" (Morris‚ 864)
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which lacked a music scene‚ disadvantaged him from creating a diverse set of contacts and subsequently a lack of exposure. A mutual friend of Boosie and local rapper‚ C-Loc‚ introduced the two and before Boosie knew it‚ he was recording his homemade raps in a professional studio. Lil Boosie Mobile Desktop Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Terms of use Privacy Search Wikipedia Lil Boosie Birth name Torrence Hatch Born November 14‚ 1982 (age 31) Origin Baton
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RuPaul Charles RuPaul Andre Charles rose to become one of the most famous American actor‚ author‚ recording artist‚ and model in the 1990s‚ and was best known as mononymously as RuPaul. As a person who appeared regularly in different variety of television programs‚ musical albums‚ and films‚ being famous could just be described as the reward for hardworking. Born in San Diego‚ California on November 17‚ 1960‚ RuPaul was named by his mother‚ who was a native of Louisiana. The prefix “Ru” was adopted
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culture so these problems cannot be ignored. The most misunderstood music is Rap. Children as well as teenagers have a hard time interpreting emotions in music (Weinberger). This misunderstanding is most relevant in rap music‚ because it is harder for children to relate to the artist. In cases like these‚ apparent or older sibling has to explain the message to the child (Weinberger). In particular‚ "gangsta rap" is distinguished by lyrics that often involve references to street gangs‚ gunplay
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