Hip fracture

“I spoke to the devil in Miami, he said everything would be fine”. Good morning/ Afternoon members of the Poetry Road Show. Jahseh Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion, is an American rapper from Lauderhill, Florida. Despite best been known for his breakthrough track, “look at me”, containing, vile, explicit language, he has been misrepresented. Throughout his career, Jahseh has expressed his feelings of depression and grief. This is evident in his track, “I Spoke to The Devil in…

Across the country, it seemed a “new Trayvon Martin” would appear on America’s television screen daily. As these high profile cases developed with a rise of Black and Brown women and men dying, Hip-Hop artists took to conscious lyrics and activism to express their dismay of America’s justice system and support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After Michael Brown’s death in 2014, J. Cole penned an open letter demanding an end to injustice stating before flying out to Ferguson’s protests: "I…

Many of Hip Hop critiques tend to believe that people that listen to the genre are more likely to take lyrics literally and pursue being violent. In an investigation conducted by Philip Bump, a political reporter for the Wire, he compares Hip Hop 's popularity in the Billboard Charts to the crime rates at specific times. At the end of his investigation, he discovers that there is in fact no correlation between the amount of crimes committed and the popularity of Hip Hop. He discovered…

since its creation, hip-hop has been a widely controversial topic with regards to its effect on American culture and its effect on the youth. With the new growing popularity of Chicago hip hop culture, there arguably hasn’t been a resurgence of rap this sizable since the days of Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, NWA, and Nas spreading the message of gang violence and the appalling conditions of ghettos in the USA. However, accompanied with the recent rise in popularity of Chicago hip hop, also comes…

Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as JAY-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He stated that "Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it but to try to understand it and to use it as a foundation to grow." In the novels, A Complicated Kindness and The Kite Runner, the protagonist Nomi and Amir, have to overcome challenging situations to develop their identity. Neither protagonists fully realise or accept themselves until they are…

and known than their male counterparts in this industry merely because hip hop culture is stereotypically masculinized due to its powerful and tough messages its music sends, qualities that women, especially black women, are denied in white patriarchal society. This has made it necessary for female hip hop artists like Lady Leshurr, Beyonce, and Nicki Minaj to work extra hard in their pursuits to become respected within the hip hop industry. It was women like Cindy Campbell who helped evolve the…

form that has affected millions of people across the wold. Rap and Hip Hop are no longer just a music genre it 's a art form and a way of life. Rap music is still a fairly new genre in music starting off in '70s but didn 't really kick off until the '80s with big name artist like N.W.A and the Beastie Boys. The '80s were a big time for Hip Hop groups like Beastie Boys. N.W.A brought forth a new kind type of rap, Gangsta Rap which is a type of rap music…

knew Ice-T was just expressing himself, and this being said, this goes to all the artists out there creating music and expressing their feelings with the music they create. The Music in the Hip-Hop category that gets published out today do not watch out what horrible lyrics artists say in their music. The lyrics Hip-Hop artists create today is not positive filled, nor inspiring or expressing their feelings. In example of one the song’s from today, “Panda” by Desiigner, “I got broads in Atlanta,…

Over the year’s hip hop music has become a staple in society. Since the birth of hip hop many have toyed with the effects that hip hop has had the behaviors and lifestyles of its listeners. Many believed that hip hop gave was positive as the artists shared their many stories of life and experiences, while others believe that hip hop incites violence, promotes high risk sex, degrades women and glorifies gangs, drugs and dealers. On the contrary others believe that hip hop is an outlet to…

Spoken word, rhyming lyrics, spitting bars, or rapping. It is the technique of an individual expressing content with a particular rhythm or beat. “Rap” has been extremely important for a people of all genders and ethnicities for many past generations and it is especially influential in the current modern culture. The history of this word goes back to the 16th century, said to be originated in Africa, and over time it has evolved with generations to become the great phenomenon to currently be…