African hip hop

track. Although there was a tendency for intoxication and profanity during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Geto Boys hit Mind Playing Tricks On Me is a classic hip hop song that inspired generations of rappers in suit, is not one solely about drugs, and vocally illustrated hardships that were not commonly spoken of during that time. Hip hip offers…

Music shows a perspective of the world through the voices of musicians and lovers of music. Hip Hop is a musical genre and a social movement. The movement started in the 1970s which was originated from urban areas on the east coast and from African Americans. The hip hop culture is made up of music, dance, artwork, language, and or fashion. ”The West Coast was the first area to expand hip-hop beyond the East Coast. Initially, Too Short, Ice T, and N.W.A"(Penrice ).The group Niggas With Attitude…

is through music. Music leaves a powerful message and makes people feel good about themselves. One hip-hop song in particular leaves a strong message for its listeners. In the music video “Love Yourz,” J. Cole empowers his viewers to love life through the struggle by rapping about his own life of hardship. Jermaine Lamarr Cole, formally known by his stage name J. Cole, is an African-American hip-hop artist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. He first rose to stardom when he released the song…

Rapper of all time. Rios deserves this title because he was the first Latin-American Rapper to: (1) Become a hip hop star, (2) Achieve platinum status, and (3) Be nominated for a Grammy Award. Due to his contributions he implemented in the hip hop industry, he was able to make Latino rap mainstream. This is significant because it has been claimed that rap and hip hop was dominated by African-American artists. Big Pun was a big influence in getting more Latinos interested in this genre. Rios was…

theorists believe he is still alive somewhere, but we may never know the truth. Tupac shakur was born june 16 1971. He was raised by a single mom which influenced him to even write a very popular song called, “Dear Momma.” She was an activist for African American people, and moved…

J. Cole is an American hip-hop recording artist and record producer. He signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009, then went onto creating his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. This album went on to be number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). His music has succeeded due to his brutally honest brand of storytelling, and his themes of pain, angst, and irony. The topics of his storytelling…

affirmation to African American. “The Blacker the Berry” was produced at a studio in Los Angeles, even though most of the people involved in the production were not from the city. The song’s beat was produced by Boi-1da and KOZ, both from Canada, along with Terrace Martin who is a Los Angeles native. There are numerous writers involved with the…

Straight Outta Compton is a film about a group called N.W.A. According to Kautz (2017), “Niggaz with Attitudes is a hip-hop group formed in 1986 in Compton, California by artist Eric Wright also known as Eazy-E, N.W.A considered one of the greatest in the history of hip-hop music” (p.3). The group has a total of five members, including the founder Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Mc Pen and Dj Yella. However, the movie primarily concentrates on the three main head characters, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice…

and gave back, to me that 's the win-win" – Jay Z (Carter, 2003) Shawn “Jay Z” Carter is among the most recognized identities in pop culture; one of the wealthiest recording artists alive (Lynch, 2014), as well as being widely considered in the hip-hop community to be a contender for the greatest rapper of all time. However, his rags to riches life story includes a checkered past, which he has never shied away from exploiting. This has made him a controversial figure, who comes under scrutiny…

or emceeing is one of the four main components of hip hop with the other three being breakdancing, DJing and graffiti writing. The birth of hip hop can be traced to 1970s New York where block parties were becoming more and more popular. DJs would play beats by using turntables to extend breaks. Rapping, became the most popular of the four elements. It was a vocal style to which the rapper speaks along to a beat. Rap itself has roots of West African story telling. This didn’t really die out but…