Freestyle rap

Although peace was never completely restored, this meeting allowed black and brown kids to cross boroughs safely in order to party with each other and share their culture, music and fashions which birthed Hip Hop culture and furthered the influence of rap…

leads to a high prevalence of sexual abuse. Hip Hop and Rap convey disrespecting women as the norm, so men control and treat women as sex objects. The degradation of women also causes youth to engage in sexual behavior. Women have low standards in men because of the way women are viewed in music. Women are viewed as weak, dependent on a man and as a result women settle for the worse kind of men who treat them below their value. Hip Hop and Rap also convey messages in favor of drugs and alcohol.…

world’s biggest selling rap artist and the most popular living gangsta rap artist. Additionally, he is also known for his critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical film “8 Mile”. Each genre within popular music has its own definition of authenticity. For instance in rock, the artists and music can be considered authentic only if they are direct and honest and have not been tainted by “commerce, trends and derivativeness”.(Armstrong, 2010, pp.336) Within the genre of rap, authenticity is…

Violence peppers the history of Black Los Angeles, a pervasive force of destruction found both within the community and between the black community and the Los Angeles Police Department. Menace II Society and Straight Outta Compton approach similar situations of conflict within South Central Los Angeles, examining the relationship between discrimination and violence. Directed by the Hughes Brothers and released in 1993, Menace II Society chronicles the life of fictional Caine Lawson, a son of…

or walking on the sidewalk, one might hear someone blasting their rap music, full of vulgar language and profanity, from their car. One might conclude the driver and their passengers are up to no good, or they are bad people. Instead of rushing to judgement, it is important to recognize the impact age, race and gender has on one’s opinion of music and one’s opinion of the people listening to or writing certain types of music. Rap music is primarily believed to be enjoyed by the African American…

EFFECTS OF DANCEHALL MUSIC ON THE YOUTH Dancehall music is a new style music that can be traced to Jamaica popular music that has its roots in the political disruptions in the Republic of Jamaica in late 1970’s . The music became more famous between 1981 and 1991. ( C.J.Cooper, 37). The music is attributed as a xhenomenon of ‘rude boys’ who settled in Jamaican ghettos due to high unemployment rates. The rate of unemxloyment in Jamaica stood at 35 percent in 1962. The delinquency behavior…

Rap is becoming an increasingly popular genre of music specially with today’s youth as it is somehow considered a part of the youth culture. Today, it is featured increasingly among popular advertisements, radio and even on television shows. Rap is genre wherein you can express challenges and experiences in life in a form of a story. Although that is sometimes the case, rude and inappropriate themes are also expressed in rap. The question that I will be answering in this essay is How has the…

was taking the classic rap scene by storm with his incredible word play, his use of irony, and his critic of the injustices in America. Capital Steez had dedicated his career to shedding light on what is wrong in our country. He wanted to bring rap back to its roots where there was meaning behind every line. He wanted to make a change to not only the genre of music itself, but also to the effects of rap on the community; he wanted to change the negative stigma that follows rap. Capital Steez and…

rapper that took the classic rap scene by storm with his incredible word play, his use of irony, and his critic of the injustices in America. Capital Steez took his own life on December 23, 2012 at the age of 19. He dedicated his life to shedding light on injustices in America and bringing rap back to its roots where there was meaning behind every line. Steez wanted to not only change the genre, but also the effect of rap on the community and the negative stigma that follows rap. Capital Steez…

Rap music has been around for almost 30 years starting with the people like, Run DMC, LL Cool J, and N.W.A. No one had ever heard this new type of music and was intrigued by the rawness and realness of it. People of all races liked the music and thought it was a new form of art. But, the new rap music of the 2000’s has changed the overall view of rap. People don’t think of it as art anymore because of its big influence of gang violence and use of profanity and this is more of a caucasian…