Jay-Z

forest hill collegiate institution growing up. Before Drake was rap and singing, he was an actor on a tv show called Degrassi: The Next Generation where he started rapping. When Drake was growing up, he was influence by Jimi Hendrix, Kanye west, and Jay Z. Drake career took off when he landed a role on Degrassi: The Next Generation where he played a character name Jimmy Brooks. Drake create a lot hits songs but his biggest ones were "Hotline…

Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Mos Def, if you are a fan of music, specifically hip-hop, chance are you have hear one if not all of these names before. Aside from all being rappers, they have one thing in common; they originated from Brooklyn, New York. I am going to introduce you to an emcee that would have made the late great Notorious B.I.G. proud. His name is Joey Bada$$, and his first project called “1999” represents not only the golden age of hip-hop in the 1990’s, but also is…

canadian rapper Drake, title What a Time to Be Alive. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, Billboard R&B Charts, and Billboard's Hot Rap Songs, making the first time rapper to score two number one albums in a year, in 11 years since Jay Z back in…

Kanye West as we all know is a rapper, producer, songwriter, etc. Although he is very well known for his work, there’s a little more to know about him as a normal person. Kanye was born on June 8, 1977 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. At about age 3, Kanye’s parents decided to divorce and he was raised by his mother. He moved to Chicago’s South Side with his mother who happened to be an English professor. Like some children with divorced parents, Kanye would spend his summers with his father who…

John Legend, singer, songwriter, pianist, is a 36 year old extremely talented man who has succeeded in far more than just reaching fame in music. He comes from an interesting historical background; his 4th and 5th grandfathers were born slaves and died freed men. Being that John Legend was always into Classical soul, hip-hop and gospel music since early childhood, he carried that interest into the music he composes today, which makes him one of the few artists in the r&b/hip-hop music industry…

A singer, a celebrity, a mother, a wife, a black woman; Beyonce Knowles is all of these. The thirty five year old artist has had six solo albums that have made her a household name all over the world. Lemonade is a visual album that takes a reflective approach to music by revealing intricate details of her relationships and emotions. In this albums, Beyonce addresses themes such as betrayal, family, love, pride, race, empowerment, and pain through striking visuals and powerful lyricism. She…

people have already came to the conclusion that Kanye West is some narcissist dude who only cares about the man in the mirror. At the age of 20 Kanye was a known for being a producer at Roc-A-Fella records creating hit songs for musical artist like Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. After being made fun of for wanting to make music, Kanye soon dropped his first two albums College Dropout and Late Registration. With these two Album Releases Kanye was still the underdog of hip-hop and was still the joke of…

think anybody I know who listen to Young Pappy say they don’t like him. Now unlike Meek Mill and Kodak Black, Young Pappy was a young rapper that was about to get signed by every label know like: Def Jam, Interscope, YMCM, Atlanta Records and even Jay-Z records Roc-Nation. These are major record deals and Young Pappy can’t sign with these labels because he was murdered right after one of his video shoot called “Shooters” in May of 2015. His music most definitely still lives on because his DJ…

Jay Z and Sam Walton both began at the bottom and were born to working class families. They did not have a head start in wealth as most rich and wealthy people have present day. Jay Z and Walton both worked extremely hard to rise to the top and become successful. The ways in which they reached this level of greatness drastically differ. Walton discovered his ability to sell and promote things at a very young age. He used this to his advantage and focused on work centered around his abilities. He…

LL Cool J LL Cool J can be imitated but cannot be duplicated. I want to know how he did achieve such a feat of reinventing himself from the 80’s B-boying and MCing into an actor and fashion icon when most of his peers from back in the day are still stuck on that same talent they discovered. LL Cool J which is the short for Ladies Love Cool James was born January 14, 1968 with the name James Todd Smith. He is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Queens, New York. LL Cool J is…