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lvis Aaron Presley was known as the "King of Rock and Roll". He impacted not only western cultures but inspired generations. To this day many continue to listen and enjoy in music even after nearly 40 years after his untimely death. Elvis continues impacting musical culture as well as changing the face of music forever. Rock n roll is defined by its distinct rhythm and sound, Presley helped define this even more with his unique style and voice Elvis's Presley's parents, Vernon and Gladys had…

Kerrigan 2 Louis Armstrong also known as Satchmo and or Pops was a great American Jazz artist who came from very humble beginnings to become one of the greatest music legends of all times. Known not only for his great talents on the trumpet but, for the cornet and his scat-style singing. A style of vocal jazz creativeness in which the vocalist alternates nonsense syllables for lyrics. Scat singing is often used to emulate the type of musical line that a jazz instrumentalist would play.…

The closest one would get to know the true story of the iconic singer, Prince’s life, would be the Grammy award winning movie, ‘Purple Rain’. ‘The movie was indeed not an autobiography of Prince’s life but it was as close as the director could get. In the movie, Prince was a young, African American man, who was an up and coming musician. He was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He meets a woman named Apolonia, she was an aspiring singer to him, she also was not just a singer to him, and he fell in…

well as the impact of artists like Public Enemy, Prince, and RUN DMC. One of their most iconic songs, ‘Fuck Tha’ Police’ was listed on Rolling Stone 's: Greatest Songs of All Time, but it goes much deeper than that. I would argue that ‘Fuck Tha’ Police’ was one of the most politically essential songs of the 1980s and one of few songs to have stood the test of time, demonstrating its relevance nearly 30 years later. It helped to shape the direction in which rap of the…

me to produce my own music is Frank Ocean with his second album, Channel Orange. The first time that I ever listened to the album back in 2012, I remember thinking, “Holy shi*t…I have never heard anything like this before in my life.” Telling a song-by-song story, his poetic lyrics about his personal sexuality, strip clubs, pregnancy, wealth, drugs, and corruption show Frank’s slightly strange perception of it all. That is one thing that really intrigued me the most. To have such real-life, and…

Cannon was born in San Diego, California, to Televangelist James Cannon and bookkeeper Beth Hackett. His folks separated when he was a child, so he grew up on a back and forth basis between California and North Carolina. At 8 years old, Nick Cannon's granddad exposed him to the performance world when he gave him a few musical instruments. Before long, he changed from music to doing stand-up comic drama, using his dad's public access show as a platform. 8. More On Nick's Endeavors…

March 10th, 2003. While tensions were building in the middle east and the Unites States was looking to invade Iraq, a country band called The Dixie Chicks was on stage on London, England. When introducing their song “Travelin’ soldier”, lead singer Natalie Maines, a Texas native, made a very controversial statement that would cause a massive stir and lead to the downfall of the very popular band. She stated “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this…

Rap music, also called hip hop music, is one of the biggest music genres there is. From different artists, songs, beats, and labels, also makes it have a lot of variety, and people like that. Rap is a song full of rhymes. It was originated in the united states in the 1970’s. It consisted of stylized rhythmic music. It commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming that is mostly chanted. Different people in the industry have their own style of rap music. The rap scene has come far since…

there in order to have balance in their lives. An interesting fact about the Navajo culture is that among the Diné, shirts were never used. In early years, men wore breechcloths and women wore yucca fiber woven skirts. [4] In the colder weather the deerskin ponchos and cloaks of rabbits [4] were used by both men and women. However, in the recent years, the majority of their cloths are made of wool of sheep. Also, Navajo Indians wore slippers which were called moccasins in order to protect…

The song is constantly remixed and performed in different styles as diverse as mellow jazz to thunderous metal. Although it is performed in many variations, the original voice of the song remains true to active resistance to oppression and human rights violations throughout history (Sullivan, 2011). Countries like China, where English is not widely spoken, Marley’s “Get up Stand up” was played as marching song when Chinese students protested at Tiananmen Square…