Azalea

out listening to hip-hop or hardcore rap. Not every parent wants their kids to know about SOME struggles expressed by the hip-hop culture or the lifestyle of a different culture. It is perceived that rap is for thugs and bad people, but once Iggy Azalea come into it or Ryan Maclemore got into it, it become more of an art. There is a fine line of racism in everything that goes on in life, whether you believe it or not: Job applications, loans, police comfortability, and prejudice. Everyone has…

Back in the nineties rap music was more lyrical compared to twenty tens version of rap which is more about how the song sounds and not as much about the lyrics. Since I was born midway through the nineties I am more impartial to the twenty ten type of rap than nineties rap because I have experienced longer. There are great music in the different eras of rap. Both have their own unique style of rap. There are three main categories I will be focusing on are the artist, quality of lyrics, and the…

Although the design of a compass has changed over time it has always had the same four needles including North, East, South, and West. The first compass was simply a magnetized needle attached to a piece of wood or cork like thing. The middle card in the middle shows the directions. As the needle would settle, the marked end would point toward magnetic north. But as engineers and scientists did more research about magnetism in conclusion to that the combination changed into fleur-de lis design,…

She wants to run away with Dill and live the rest of her life with him but in reality, that is not always a possibility. Scout also has an issue with not seeing the difference between good and bad people when “[she] [breaks] away from Jem and [runs] as fast as [she] [can] to Atticus” (Lee 202). She thinks that the people Atticus is speaking to are gathered for a friendly chat when they are not. She does not comprehend that society has evil in its roots because her mind is clouded by the illusion…

Reading Response to “Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong?” For my reading response, I chose the article “Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong?” by Parul Sehgal published on www.nytimes.com. Sehgal argues for her belief that cultural appropriation is not always wrong. In times where cultural customs, clothing, hairstyles, etc, of minority groups are being used by majority groups (white people), where personal gain or profit is involved, then it is negative cultural appropriation. This is…

The story I wrote, Charlotte Rose of Alespia, has a dynamic character named Charlotte Rose Barnes. She wants to graduate from college and attend medical school. However, she also thinks that she met the love of her life, and she wants to do what everyone else in her society has done which is to get married. Nonetheless, she is engaged and the story is centered around her in the wedding preparation process. She is trying to balance her school and engaged life. These are all of the things she…

because of the advantages men have versus women in the industry. All of the artists have similar audiences and number of Grammy awards won. Rihanna and Taylor Swift are compared because of their similar number of years active. Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea are compared because of their current status as female rappers. Mary J. Blige and Adele are compared because of their similar style of music but different time periods. These tests are simply mathematical reasonings as to why black artists have…

Society often judges others based on looks, stereotypes, and assumptions instead of the unique traits that can be found when the layers of one’s personality are peeled back. In To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic novel by Harper Lee, many residents of Maycomb County are found to be much different than originally thought by the community. The town is undergoing changes, and citizens of Maycomb are beginning to question equality and racial injustice. Scout and Jem, two troublesome siblings growing up…

Prejudism is Real “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite,” said Nelson Mandela, civil rights activist. This quote explains the prejudism going on in To Kill a Mockingbird because there’s judging going on with everyone and the young kids in the story don’t see why it happens because…

Many artists like Whitney Houston, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, etc. were all artists that didn’t write their own songs, just like Ice Cube wrote Boyz-N-The-Hood for Eazy-E, and Skeme wrote Fancy for Iggy Azalea, and so on. This doesn’t mean that they’re not good or great singers. This just means that they can’t write, or they need help writing. I’m not here trying to bash on today’s music, because in reality there are many great artists out there today…