Lil Wayne

are widely known for their culture, their vivacious hairstyles of locs, braids, and fros full of Afro Sheen. They are known worldly for rap, hip hop, and rhythm and blues. Pop stars like Beyoncé are household names and almost everyone knows about Lil Wayne and Kayne West. But what African Americans are not commonly known for is their craftsmanship. One group in particular, from a small isolated community of Gee’s Bend in Wilcox, Al, a group of ladies who would spark the attention of the nation…

and that women are more desirable the better they are at pleasing men.) In the turning point of her writing, she begins to introduce the female perspective on the topic by using examples from popular women rappers of the early 2000s. She translates Lil’…

Rap Singer and Songwriter”). Her music was eventually noticed by a local record label, and she was immediately signed. This connection led her to famous rapper, Lil Wayne, who collaborated with her on several mixtapes (Biography.com Editors). Minaj’s rise to fame began in April 2007 with the release of her first mixtape with Lil Wayne called Playtime is Over. The songs on the mixtape displayed her wild and outgoing style. Minaj’s determination to be successful came from hope for a better life.…

We listen to many songs everyday, we really don't put attention in the lyrics of a song all we do is sing along. Some of our songs have a political or social view, today's music has changed but older music was more focused on the world and everything that was going on. Today's music represents different social movement mainly by having many different songs that talk about different things. We have songs that talks about the color we are to our religious views and to many other things. Songs…

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Have you ever wondered about DRAKES biography if you did then im going to tell you !! Born Aubrey Drake Granham on October 24,1986, in Toronto Canada, Drake grew up with music in his blood … Drake’s parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mot her in forest hill, an affluent and predominantly Jewis neighborhood in Toronto. Drake’s parents had divoreced so he had to live with his mother in forest when he was y oung his mom would always play music for him so he grew…

discussed how Iggy Azalea intentionally tries to “sound black” to flourish in the mainstream musical industry. Today’s biggest hip-hop stars (Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne) are arguably entirely black, which makes young kids in America grow up idolizing black singers. This has a great impact on society as a whole; kids of all color look up to Lil Wayne and try to sound like him when they rap. Similarly, the American youth reveres Cam Newton and Stephen Curry. What’s interesting in both sports is…

Music has evolved for many years and it has always been the key element of culture. When music first started evolving, people would design their own beats and styles to represent them as a group; however, when the world started evolving there was more equipment to use, such as drums, guitars, computers, pianos, bass player, and etc. Music helps construct self-images of people and express emotions within a group of people. Hip hop and rock and roll are two types of music genres that are capable…

rap gets a bad name cause of rap today but what do you think of rap??? Personally my opinion is how did rap get this bad. To be honest I love listening to older rappers like 2Pac, Eazy E, and Biggie but now …. we got rappers like Young Thug, and Lil Wayne. And they produce some pretty dry stuff. And guess what. I HATE IT !!!!! But now I'm going to tell you how rap first started and it is kind of interesting. So thousands of years ago, Africa "griots" played music while they told stories and…

was rough. Drake knows how to express a lot of emotion throughout his songs that’s why people respect him a lot. Also, he has a great pitch and melody in the song. Drake has influence a lot of musicians in his career. Musicians such as Lil Wayne, Future, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Kanye West, and…