Lil Wayne

Based on the reading of Brent Staples essay and Clint Smith ted talk,yes, the black lives matter movement is justified. Although, yes there are people in the movement who are causing trouble, and causing it for a bad thing. Believing the BLM movement is justified, here’s why; they are using freedom of speech and the freedom to freely protest. The meaning of Black Lives Matter is, “It’s an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community that campaigns against…

music to me. The genre has so many lanes and so many paths so it rarely sounds the same. One of the lanes of the Hip Hop genre is mumble rapping. Some of the artists in this lane go by the names of Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, and Young Thug. I do not agree that Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert are mumble rappers because I can understand them, but the rest of the world thinks differently. This category is probably one of my favorites right now and is very appealing to me.…

that people produce and listen to in this day and age do not dispute this ideal. For example Hip Hop songs like Lil Wayne’s Lollipop and Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda support the Burrell’s theory…

stressing for where he’ll earn money, he was contacted by rapper Lil Wayne and was asked to join him in his America’s Most Wanted Tour. During his collaboration with Lil Wayne, it was smooth sailing to stardom. He later dropped his next album, So Far Gone, which included his famous single, “Best I Ever Had,” which made it to the Billboard’s Hot 100. Not long after, Drake signed to the record label Young Money Entertainment, owned by rapper Lil Wayne. In 2010 came another successful album which…

One of the very first memories I had as a child was lying in bed at night and listening to my mom read stories to me. I would always have my pajamas lying in my bunk bed in my blue paint colored room. Every night before bed I would curl up next to her in bed and pick several books for her to read. As I got older, I would pick bigger, harder, and longer books to read. One of my favorite books to read was Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs. Even though I pick several enjoyable books to read my…

2001 on the show Degrassi: The Next Generation. He got fired from that show in 2008 and met Lil Wayne, who also became his mentor. This was the start of his singing career. In February the Canadian rapper and singer released an album length mixtape called ¨If You're Reading This It's Too Late¨ (Cox 57). While he was unknown the mixtape that really started his career was called ¨So Far Gone¨. Drake and Lil Wayne worked together in Houston, Texas on that mixtape that launched his career (Cox 57).…

Mark Twain once said, “Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.” The type of person that one truly is can never change. But artists, such as authors and songwriters put their work out into the world as a way to tell their story. The audience tend to look at these works as a form of entertainment. But by knowing the artist’s intention and background, the two can connect on a deeper level. Aubrey Drake Graham, notably known as…

disposing of Drake's character. Without his consistent wellspring of wage, and not yet profiting as a rapper, Drake was very nearly searching for a normal everyday employment. However, right on time in 2008, Drake got a surprising call from rap star Lil Wayne, who requested that Drake load onto a flight to Houston that night to join his…

Aubrey Drake Graham; also known as Drake, is a world renowned singer. He is also a tv star, starring in shows such as degrassi and Ice age: continental drift. Drake was born on October 24, 1986. He raised by his father, Dennis Graham, who was a drummer for the rockstar Jerry lee lewis. His mother's name is Sandi Graham. It is safe to say that he was born into a musical family which helped him develop into the artist he is today. His father was a catholic african american and his mother was a…

easy to get addicted to this drug(lean) without having consequences immediately. Macklemore uses more logos when he says, “Asked him what he was sipping on.” Pimp C responds, “lean, you want to hit dawg?” Then Macklemore says, “thats the same stuff Lil Wayne sipping huh” Macklemore also adds a line, “Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids.” In those four lines he shows the logic of how he was once that kid that was influence by a rapper to drink the drug…