Hip hop

persisting and striving for accuracy, He created many albums, obtained numerous awards, and overcame hate and discrimination and illuminated the world by showcasing his talent to the world. Nasir Jones, or Nas for short, was an american rapper and hip-hop artist. He established numerous songs and albums in which some broke records, such as; Released debut album Illmatic,…

ASAP Rocky is one of the biggest influence, if not the biggest influencein the Hip Hop industry. It if no secret ASAP Rocky is the kind of fashionwearing and posing for brands such as Dior and Salvatore Ferragamo.Wearing brands such as Rick Owens, Raf Simons, Maison MartinMargiela, and many more.First ASAP Rocky posed for Dior at Paris Fashion Week. This is not thefirst time Rocky has linked up with Dior they did a fall campaign back infall of 2016. Dior names ASAP Rocky as one of its new faces,…

Joseph Saddler, who has an alias as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop recording artist and one of the pioneers of hip-hop, Djing, cutting, and mixing. His family migrated to the United States from Barbados, in the Caribbean. He grew up in The Bronx, New York where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There he learned how to repair electronic equipment. His parents played an important role in his interest in music as he was fascinated by his father’s music…

N.W.A.” N.W.A.’s legacy shall not be forgotten in the world of Hip-Hop. They broke barriers for many Hip-Hop artists and the genre itself. The group included Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Eazy-E and D.O.C. Six young men who had stories to tell. Their raps were documentaries for the public to know what was going on in the streets of Compton. N.W.A. emerged in the late 80s and from that point on shook the rules of Hip-Hop. Their hardcore lyrics were embraced by many fans but caused tons…

nonstop bizarre, clever, thought provoking lyrics that hip-hop is known for. MF DOOM is no stranger to this approach of hip-hop, and he has taking it so far to even wear a mask to help fans embody the persona of his charter. With him, you’ll never know when the persona is ceased and when actual human begin. MF DOOM was Born in London, England, as Daniel Dumile but was raised in Long Island, New York, At a young age he started dipping into Hip-hop. He and his brother started a rap group called…

given a negative connotation seemingly out of nowhere. This thing could have helped someone through hard times, something that spoke to them or something that has significance in their lives. This is something that people who are fans of rap and hip-hop have to face on a regular basis. In somewhat recent times people have given this genre of music a bad reputation and placed blame on it for many things, the most prominent of which is it’s vulgar lyrics having a bad influence on children. Rap…

SCRATCH Scratch is a documentary movie, directed and altered by Doug Pray. The film examines the world of the Hip Hop DJ. From the introduction of Hip Hop, while spearheading DJ's started broadening breaks on their gathering records (which enlivened break moving and rap), to the innovation of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its later blast as a melodic development called turntablism, it's an account of obscure underdogs and genuine virtuosos who have fundamentally changed the way we hear,…

Hip-hop culture was created in the 1970’s. Hip-hop has undergone changes that would be considered degenerating to black culture. “ If people were to go back to 1995 and before they would say hip-hop was uplifting” (Roberts). In today’s society the culture of hip-hop has been diminished by rap music by the use of vogue and explicit themes. By the increased modern rap the true message behind hip-hop culture has been extinguished. Not only has the rap…

This will be about my two favorite types of music: r&b and hip-hop. R&b and hip-hop music both have grown from something special that also form them to be very differentiated between the two. They have so much in common but are also unique in their own ways. There is so much information about the cultural background of both R&B and Hip-Hop/Rap music. R&b is referred to as rhythm and blues. It has been performed since the 1930s. Hip hop is considered to be rap also. And this has been…

messages they are being fed. As humans, we automatically perform semiotic analysis on a daily basis without being aware of it. Are semiotics present in modern day rap and hip-hop? Yes! Typically, society develops meanings for certain signs as a way to tell individuals how to or to not act. It is through these signifiers in rap and hip-hop culture that influences people’s sense of identity through presentational mediums of television stations such as MTV and Much Music, as well as the discursive…