Disc jockey

My gut sank to an unbearable low as I watched my thirty-two-year-old mother require support to limp just five steps to the restroom; cancer stripped her of life. At twelve-years-old, I felt distraught in my inability to save her and return the endless love that my Haitian parents poured into my nurturing. However, the hope the physicians brought us has inspired me to become a doctor so that I, too, can serve as an envoy of hope to sufferers of illness. My father is a physician I strive to be…

It’s nearly my millionth time turning left on the radio tuner, and something finally sounds right. The buzzing static from the previous stations magically vanish, and a collection of alluring hums and melodies fill the car. The soothing vibrations become increasingly tranquil as a desperate and despaired voice finds its way over the mesmerizing backdrop. “And I 'm in denial, and it don 't take no x-ray to see right through my smile,” the anguished voice croons. The heart aching lyrics eventually…

Young’s Achievements, business moves and career paths, I will highlight some personal things about Mr. Young but as long as it is relevant to my points. In 1984 Dr. Dre started his music career at a local Compton night club ‘Eve After Dark’ as a Disc Jockey, he was apart of a group known as the ‘World Wrecking Crew’. Here Young, started the beginning of his music career. Within in a year Mr. Young met up with local artist and friends Eric Wright aka ‘Easy-E’, O’shea Jackson ‘Ice Cube’, along…

Rock music had come a long way throughout history, but some things didn’t change. One is still being looked down on by parents and officials for its terrible influence. From the pelvic thrust of Elvis Presley, sexual lyrics from Little Richard, political statements from, use of drugs, and many more which degrades moral values, people tried to restrict the music being reached to the young audience. There are other reasons that people want to censor music. The difference in ideologies, especially…

comedy Father Knows Best, the police drama Dragnet, and the western Gunsmoke. Others, however, disappeared from the airways. Live big bands were scraped in favor of recorded rock and roll, which was played on local programs by voluble and irrelevant disc jockeys. By the mid-1950s American radio had moved beyond its Golden Age to modern formats such as “Top 40” and “alternative” or “underground” FM, talk shows, and public-service…

content of the song. According to African American Registry’s timeline of rap, rap is defined as “Urban music that grew out of the hip-hop movement of the South Bronx, New York, in the 1970s. It blends rhythmic instrumental tracks created by a disc jockey, with the spoken, rhyming lyrics of an MC.” (Unknown,…

Music is one of the most influential entities that exists. Just a few notes can change a person's mood. A good beat or chord can single handedly make your day. One song has the power to completely warp your outlook on life. However, music can not only affect an individual on a sonic level or personal level; but music can also have a full blown societal impact. With this in mind, the genre of Rock and Roll comes to thought. Undoubtedly one of the most popular musical genres worldwide; Rock and…

Society expects certain behaviors from its citizens based on tradition and the predominantly represented demographics in places of power. In the U.S., white, cisgendered, wealthy men control the majority of the nation’s authorities and impose their beliefs on society. Those who differ from those beliefs are denied basic rights and are treated worse depending on the level of differentiation. As a white, upper-middle class American citizen, I am exempt from much of the oppression forced on those…

La La Anthony was born Alani Nicole Vazquez on June 25, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York. Alani along with her family is of a Puerto Rican descent. Her parents were both born and raised in Puerto Rico. Alani parents moved to New York City were they started their family. Alani is the oldest child of four. He has two younger sisters whose name is Aviana and Solana Vazquez. She also has one bother whose name is Christian Vazquez. Alani family moved from New York to Atlanta, Georgia. When her family…

The Hippie era has come to end and the days of self awareness have arrived. Instead of focusing on love to all, many Americans were indulging in their own self pleasure. According to Alfred Kinsey’s research,” Americans sexual behavior deviated from their widely accepted norms” (Escoffier 1). Wilhelm Reich added to Kinsey’s research with the remark that he, “believed sexual repression overwhelmingly distorted psychological development “(Escoffier 1). To further societies receptivity of…