Lauryn Hill

after my freshman year of high school my friend Lauryn asked me if I would like to visit her family in Wisconsin for a week. I had never been to Wisconsin, and had no idea what to expect so I said yes. The trip, was around eight to nine hours, and we only stopped at gas stations, and to get food around four times. Over those hours I remember watching The Lion King about 4 times all the way through. When we finally got there, we went straight…

Their leadership style was described as excellency and they both were very well respected. They even gave the nickname sweet Micky There are a few notable Haitian figures that we know in the u.s.One that most people know is Lauryn Hill. Lauryn Hill had a great impact on american culture, she was known as the greatest female hip-hop artist ever.An example of she impacted american culture is by her ''the cure starts now'' foundation.This foundation has been raising money to fight cancer…

from truth”, Lauryn Hill uses this statement in her poem “Motives and Thoughts” to bring light to the bigger issues faced in the modern world. People today have forgot how to behave like a proper, educated, humble human being. The morals of today’s society have taken a seat; greed and self-motivation have taken their place. Media outlets, television, social media, these are all things that have led to the “push everyone down so I can make it to the top” mentality we see today. Hill illustrates…

Rappers are people that express themselves through poetry, which then turns into a beat that flows and makes everyone move. Rap is another form of poetry; another form of speaking from the soul. Rap music started by one simple poem and has grown into something so much more. Written by an African American male, rap was originally used to get people hyped and excited for parties, and still serves that purpose to this day! Since rap is generally a masculine genre, does that mean women can’t be…

I was born at the Winchester Medical Center on November 14th, 1998. It was a clear Saturday morning and the temperature was only around 60 degrees that day. My mom, Julie, was driven to the hospital by my grandma about two hours prior to my birth in my mom’s 1985 Honda CRX. I was delivered by Dr. Eads at 10:57 am, weighing in at 7 pounds & 5 ounces, and was officially named Alexis Nicole Shockey. Which all sounds fine and dandy but in order to really picture my story, you’re going to need a…

should be powerless when it comes to her husband orders. In many cultures around the world this issue is presented by the way that women the role of being the one to do everything and staying at home to serve her husband . In contrast, the singer Lauryn Hill demonstrate how gender roles can happen…

In the words of Lauryn Hill, “Everything is everything.” in Western society, the concept of time is thought of as concrete, almost physical idea that follows a linear path. This theory is not necessarily true, as time is really only a concept created by humans to provide a sense of stability. In this class, we will explore the contradiction of the idea of linear time: the African concept of time. The African concept of time is the idea that the past is the present is the future. It is…

In a 1998 article on neo soul, Time columnist Christopher John Farley composed that artists, for example, Hill, D'Angelo, and Maxwell "share an eagerness to test melodic orthodoxy". Miles Marshall Lewis remarked that 1990s neo soul "owed its raison d'être to '70s soul whizzes like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder", including that "in show, Erykah Badu and D'Angelo…

more provide the dialogue to girlhood and young womanhood. Their coming of age to place during the era where the women were most prominent—those women consisted of, Queen Latifah, M.C. Lyte, Da Brat, LeftEye (and TLC), Foxy Brown, Lil’ Kim, and Lauryn Hill. These feminists are people who have a concern for race and gender politics as it relations to Hip-Hop. As quoted from the text, “So we call ourselves Hip Hop Generation Feminists, because…

and fashion. The number one song on the Billboard charts in 1998 was “The Boy is Mine” by Brandy & Monica. The number one album was the self titled: “The Backstreet Boys”. The Grammy Awards were big in 1998. Lauryn Hill won album of the year with “The Miseducation of Laryun Hill”. Lauryn Hill also got best new artist. The best pop album went to “Ray of Light” by Madoma. Best pop duo or group was “Jump Juce An’ Wail” by The Brian Stezer Orchestra. Best pop female goal was Celine Dion with “My…