African hip hop

INTRODUCTION: The Formation of the Narcocorrido Mexico is living in a constant crisis where half of its population lives under poverty (Population Below Poverty Line 1) and women experience great gaps of inequality and fear of femicides (Global Gender Gap Index 2014). The War on Drugs has contributed to these statistics and transformed Mexican culture (Palaversich 86) including the most traditional music: the corrido, a genre of Mexican folk music that narrates a story. Currently, corridos are…

Rappers Have the Dirtiest Mouths? And Other Hip-Hop Answers '' I found out that this article touches interesting topic, which is about the profanity in the hip-hop music through each slideshow gallery. Each slideshow covered different things such as; the most profane hip hop songs from (1985 - 2013) was the album "all eyes on me '' which was the most profane by using 905 bad word. Also this article show how the increase of the profanity in the hip hop music since it had a slow start until it…

After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and softened sound made more palatable for radio on her fourth studio album, “Art Angels.” Trading her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding operatics, the genre-blending album covers a lot of ground in its 14 songs, and features more live instrumentation than ever before, including piano, guitar,…

N.W.A.” N.W.A.’s legacy shall not be forgotten in the world of Hip-Hop. They broke barriers for many Hip-Hop artists and the genre itself. The group included Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E and D.O.C. Six young men who had stories to tell. Their raps were documentaries for the public to know what was going on in the streets of Compton. N.W.A. emerged in the late 80s and from that point on shook the rules of Hip-Hop. Their hardcore lyrics were embraced by many fans but caused tons…

Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn was born on November 20, 1983, in Atlanta, Georgia. He began using his stage name while performing as one of the members of the musical collective. The Dungeon Family nicknamed him The Future. His first cousin recorded producer, and Dungeon Family member Rico Wade, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and pursue a career as a rapper. He attended Columbia High School. Future voices praises of Wade’s musical influence and instructio, calling him mastermind behind…

The Rap Research Lab is an organization that studies the influences of hip-hop on society, and engages teenaagers in exploring hip-hop cultural data through research. They recently conducted an experiment around one question, “Do people really just put on a rap song, and go out and do all of the same things as they heard?”. The study ultimately found that…

In Macklemore’s song, “Otherside,” he addresses Pimp C who died on December 4th, 2007 due to his overdose on Cough Syrup. At the same time, he apprises about the drug abuse epidemic going on in the Hip-Hop/Rap Scene. In discussions of hip hop and rap, one controversial issue has been drugs. On the one hand, Macklemore argues that drugs are having a negative impact on the music scene. On the other hand, some contend that sex and violence are having a bigger impact. Others defend their stance on…

OutKast, a popular rap group throughout the nineties and early 2000s, has a renowned song entitled “Hey Ya!” which features the smooth flows of Andre 3000 and hard hitting rhymes of Big Boi. The song has been a huge hit for years and is virtually known by every American under the age of thirty. When the song was released in 2003, I was just three years old, but had already adopted my dad’s love for music and I frequented the kitchen tile as my dance floor whenever music was playing.…

Music have different impacts on people’s life as it alters people’s thinking, attitude and emotional states. While music facilitates and drives many to be more motivated, efficient and focused in accomplishing personal goals, some are easily led astray and become truant when obsessed with rap music or subcultures that exert negative influence on them (Hunter & Schellenberg, 2010). To me, listening to various types of music boost my performances in within the group ( Hunter & Schellenberg, 2010).…

Critical approaches to media production Eminem - Without Me Censorship Censorship is when speech, public communication or other information that can be considered harmful or offensive to certain parts of the public is removed or covered from certain things such as music or television. In Eminem songs he has to use censorship in his music played on the radio or where younger people can access it because a lot of his music is considered offensive to different nationalities, genders and…