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    in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. From her critically acclaimed lyrics to the sold-out-in-minutes World Tours, this young singer/ song-writer is making leaps and bounds in music. So far she has five studio albums that have been released every two years. The media may swarm her for her personal life but she is an artist that is all about the music and positively influencing her fans. From the beginning of her career she has been able to play her own guitar and piano. Throughout her tours she…

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    Frank Sinatra

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    Frank Sinatra, aka Francis A. Sinatra, Francesco Sinatra, was born in the small community of Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of Italian-Americans Marty and Dolly Sinatra, due to the fact that Frank was a whopping 13.5lbs, his mother’s chances to have more children were ruined. He lived with lifelong scars on his cheek, neck and ear from his difficult birth. Although relatives believed he was dead when he finally was delivered, Frank was a scraper, and not about to give up! Frank grew…

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    Gorillaz Research Paper

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    the Guinness Book of World Records after making seven million global sales. Their new song, “Stylo,” featuring Bruce Willis carried 900,000 views within 24hours. They also feature celebrity stars – Mark E. Smith, Gruff, Rhys, Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg and more. Do you remember the English rock Blur? Well, the lead singer is Damon Albarn. Damon and his partner use celebrity status to gain more views on YouTube. Apart from featuring celebrity they had one Grammy Award- the Best pop…

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    Drake Research Paper

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    played the role of Jimmy Brooks in the teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation for seven years and earned a Young Artist Award in 2002 for best ensemble in a TV series. He also released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006, achieving modest sales of approximately 6,000 copies, and joined Lil Wayne on his Carter III tour as a result of his mixtape sales (Biography.com Editors). Drake received a BET award in 2008 for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, and his single "Best I Ever Had” reached…

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    The two brothers have worked together on creating an award winning sense of humor through the stories of their characters, most of whom are trapped in worlds that are often tinged, unforgiving, and daunting universes. Since 1984, the Coen brothers have directed more than 15 films of diverse genres ranging from adventure, romance, drama, gangster, thriller, horror, crime, apocalyptic, as well as comedy. They have been honored with 13 Academy Award nominations for directing, producing, writing,…

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    Whitney High School in Brooklyn, which shut down before he graduated. He went to two more schools but did not graduate from high school. J.K. Rowling, the author of the famous Harry Potter series, was living in Edinburgh Scotland on welfare for four years before completing the first book in the series. She had separated from her husband and took her infant daughter, moving to Edinburgh to be close to her sister. She was living on welfare and was “poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain,…

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    Elton John Research Paper

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    Music and society have a large impact on each other, and how they shape the way people view and act in the world. There are four themes that identify and characterize how music has evolved over the past one hundred years. These themes also show how music affects and expresses the culture that not only we live in today, but also how we have changed in our views on numerous aspects of today’s society. The four themes that are explored directly with a specific artist and, or, band are how they…

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    Eminem Biography Essay

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    I’d go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare and my mom never ever worked,” (“Eminem” Brainyquote). This quote was said by eminem “slim-shady” talking about how he was growing up in rough conditions to get where he is now. Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers the third on october seventeenth 1972 in kansas city missouri, he goes by slim-shady, Doody, and M&M (Biography). His occupation is a rapper, film actor, and a music producer, he has worked with many groups…

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    Maya Angelou was raped by her mother's boyfriend at the fresh age of seven. Her uncles avenged the action of her mother's boyfriend by murdering him. Maya Angelou was traumatized by the encounter. She returned to Kansas speechless and remained so for years. During World War Two, Maya Angelou moved to San Francisco, California. In San Francisco,…

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    the help of Rogers, she was then signed with Def Jam Records. The album Music of the Sun is what made her famous at the age of sixteen. Her song “Pon de Replay” hit the top five on the billboard chart “It’s just language that we speak in Barbados. It’s broken English. Pon is on, De means the, so it’s just basically telling the DJ to put my song on the reply.” she says. After many hours in the studio working on her music she’s won six Grammy Awards.…

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