American artists

is a well-known artist, who was born in Chicago. Mr. Williams also goes by his nickname as WAK, which is his initials spelled backwards. He started his artist career at the young age of fifteen. Working within the historical black business district of Chicago. He would do drawings for local hair salons and fashion boutiques. This ended up leading to his first commission to do a painting for Motions hair care products. This infamous painting of four…

African Americans were struggling to transition into a life of freedom, Langston Hughes illustrates the importance of celebrating ones cultural roots in his essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”. Written in the beginning of his career, the essay serves as an introduction for all that he would accomplish in his work as a revolutionary poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes discusses the threat to the individuality of African American culture and the duty of young black artists to…

cultures, and social values. In the book the first three chapters focus on those argued areas by looking at generation differences, race, and sexuality. In his discussion of race, he obscures the traditional view that white artists did damage to African American artists when he says that in some a way it helped lift them by giving them more radio time and publicity.…

order to be a true Hip Hop artist they must incorporate more than one element into their career. Bboying/Bgirling, people often refer to as breakdancing, is an artistic form of dancing in Hip Hop. This dance form is built on a foundation of popping, locking, and bboying(breaking). In terms of dancing, being accepted as a b-boy is one of the highest achievements a dancer can get.…

influenced African American culture. This coming together of people created a sense of racial pride for people in the African- American community. Many African Americans were politically and socially affected by World War I. As a result many migrated to the urban North. As people migrated to the North different races inhabited different cities such as Washington D.C, New York, and Philadelphia. This new combination…

In the reading Black Sound, Black Body, Waksman makes several points about who Jimi Hendrix was as an black musician, and what this meant for himself and others. The article talks about the last year of life, and how he spent this time to open a world of sound. Electric Lady was his greatest effort to get better control of sound and to move one-step further. In the Electric Lady studios, this was a place he could escape certain expectations as a black man performing for a mostly white audience.…

Renaissance was a period when European artists challenged the traditional values of modern artist through music, artists, and writers with greater freedom of expression. It was also a rebirth of blacks cultural spirit. The Harlem Renaissance also became a new spirit for negro nationalism which allowed…

institutions. As reported, many rap artists have had controversial relationships with the media and political figures; activist and author, Kevin Powell, commented, “…The hip-hop community organizing around politics is not a new phenomenon, nor did it begin with the Obama presidential campaign.” The power and glorification of many rap artists mirrored national political figures, and in many ways artists in a microcosm are political figures in their own communities. African-Americans in urban…

Badu is also known as a woman of influence. Erykah uses her music and knowledge of the world to make her influence her own. One big way she does it is with her music, and in this poem, “Friends, Fans, and Artists Must Meet”. Erykah’s poem, “Friends, Fans, and Artists must meet”, African-Americans. This poem represents Erykah’s view of the world in the different type of perspectives. These perspectives are broken up into three different stanzas, which initially creates three different themes. The…

in other forms express their emotions. It humanizes their experiences and showcases the emotions behind them. Art can sometimes even shock and impel us into a reaction. Artists like Suheir Hammad and Helen Reddy have used their art to voice their experiences and adversity as women in society.…