Grandmaster Flash

Does Hip Hop provoke violence, drug use, and misogyny? In a time of strained relationships between African-Americans and White Americans, it’s strange to see the most visible source of Black culture in America, Hip Hop, get seldom reported on. As such a prominent part of our modern, shared culture, Hip Hop’s rapid growth has left many confused and perhaps even suspicious. No one is against having fun, but when it comes to negatively influencing listeners, especially the youth, the elephant in…

Rappers today all have, or should have, their own unique style. If not their own unique style, they should come with their own sound, look, and background. For example, five names which I selected tend stand out among others in the Hip-hop community. These names being: Drake, Future, Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, and Eminem. Drake, a Canadian rapper-singer, is currently one of the highest selling artists today. His style and pop-rap sound has found a way to produce hit after hit. Future is a southern…

By the 1990's rap artists like, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Curtis Blow and Biz Markie were no longer accepted in the rap music" (Toms, 2006, p1). Those rap artists were considered as roll models, because those rap artists relayed positive messages to their listeners (Toms, 2006, p1). "The majority of today's rap culture involves a lot of explicit material and negativities" (McGarrell). According to McGarrell, This new form of rap music glorifies big money, degrading of women, drugs,…

my own as I have no idea what Obamacare is so I am learning this alongside my readers and you Tim. In my research for this paper I sat in the Library with a copy of, “A second Opinion, Rescuing America’s Health Care,” By ,”Arnold S. Relman, M.D,” a flash of a great Idea in 2007 that is…