African hip hop

The Black Lives Matter movement is an international activist movement, that campaigns agonists violence and racism towards African American people. The purpose of the movement is to spread positivity and general welfare amongst the black community, in response to police brutality. J.Cole addresses global issues related to race is many different song he writes. One of the most…

dancers all over the country with his hip-hop-funk and jazz-infused rhythm tap dance style. How did a seven-year-old go from being a young drummer to one of the most inspiring, and influential tap dancers today? Tap dance is an art form that is characterized by its use of percussive sounds through the tap shoes striking the floor. Although the art of tap dance is native to America, its roots lie in the fusion of many ethnic percussive dance styles such as African tribal dances, Irish, English…

Arts Students in colleges or universities have complained that why they have to take music apprieciation or art apprieciation if they are majoring in biology or law. According to Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education by Yo-Yo Ma, “The value behind arts integration-collaboration, flexible thinking, and disciplined imagination- lead to the capacity to innovate” (Ma 258). In today society people live in a world where art is all around them, but they don’t know it. This is why universities…

producer and American hip-hop recording artist, and he got there by himself. Jermaine was born on January 28, 1985, in Frankfurt, Germany on a U.S. Army Base to his mother a white German postal worker and his father an African-American soldier, who left his mother when Cole was a baby. At a young age taught himself how to play the piano which played a huge in his production career. In this essay, we will go into depth about how Cole came from a no-name artist to making hip-hop history. At…

What music do you like listening to? Does it affect the way you act? Does it affect the way your friends act? If it does then something needs to be done. All songs have a message to convey. The influence of music on our children is becoming higher and higher each day.The influence of music can be positive and negative. The influence of music does not only affect children but also adults. There is an influence of music lyrics on children because 1/3 of songs have references to negative…

musical forms, such as rap or hip hop, seen as unintelligale or even purely unacceptable by a wide majority? Especially from older generations? I would agree that if one could only write in rap or poems that their writing skills would not be well - rounded, even limiting to what ideas they could convey, eventhough rap or poems are becoming…

children. Rap music is an underground phenomenon of the 1980s by black people. It is speculated that rap music originates in the humble community of Bronx, New York, U.S.A. (Maultsby 10). Today, it is still argued about whether rap came from hip-hop culture or vice-versa due to the fact that they both started at the same time (Horton 285-286). The history of rap music is a sad one. In the 1960s, civil rights protests and gang violence began. There was a dramatic fall in employment,…

Most writers, consciously or unconsciously, find a way to incorporate other aspects of their lives into their works. This occurs in other forms of art including paintings and music of all genres. When this happens, the reader may find it difficult to make sense of some aspects of the work if there is a lack of background knowledge of the owner of said work. An example of a piece of literary work that requires some background information is a song titled “Fireworks” by Aubrey Drake Graham…

I decided to make him my favorite rapper next to The Game and Eminem. Listening to “Humble” felt like and sounded if Kendrick was making a comeback. In Rolling Stones, Christopher R. Weingarten says about K-Dot: “Kendrick Lamar has already taken hip-hop to the outer galaxies of style,…

Hip hop and rap has swallowed the entertainment industry and is in charge when it comes to new music. Rapping has turned into its own culture and with any movement there will more than likely be a leader. Kendrick Lamar is the biggest name in hip hop. Storytelling has been Lamar’s greatest skill and most primary mission. He articulates in human terms, the intimate specifics of daily self defense from surroundings. The king of rap grew up in Compton California and has consistently registered top…