Lil Wayne

This time period is between 2000 and 2015; giving us iconic figures such as 50 Cent, Ja rule, Eminem, Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Drake. Of course out of a generation of rap, there is always extremely influential rappers that has revolutionized the “game” for everyone. For the early 2000’s that person would Jay Z, one of the singles from Jay-Z 's now classic…

A term that is widely used by many people in the world today, but is highly inaccurate, is the phrase “Caribbean/Latin Music”. The Caribbean is a large part of the world with many island nations within it, and within these island nations there are even more music genres. When someone says “Caribbean Music,” it is impossible to tell if they are talking about Merengue from the Dominican Republic, Ska from Jamaica, Salsa from Cuba, Reggaeton from Puerto Rico, or the many other types of music genres…

During the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, a shocking speech was given by a famous rapper. Leaning toward the end of the speech, Kanye West stated, “And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president” (Zaru). His speech is absolutely eye-opening to the audience, as Kanye would be the last person they would think that would run for president. Kanye West is into hip hop, not politics. Uniquely, the dramatic shift in hip hop will be beyond…

Martin Botha (2012) looks at the South African film history and the past. Botha criticises the many highly creative uses of cinematic forms, styles, and genres as set against South Africa’s cinematic experience (three Act structure film, a clear protagonist, and antagonist, clear turning points, causal-chain effect and appeal to international audiences) that have been normalised by the West. Due to western technical requirements for African cinemas, aesthetic principles originating in African…

Are they Kids or are they Adults? According to the publication Juvenile Felony Defendants in Criminal Courts: Survey of 40 Counties, 1998 on The Bureau of Juvenile Statistics website shows that in 1998 over seven thousand hundred juveniles have been charged with felonies in adult criminal court, out of the seven thousand one hundred thirty five felony defendants twenty four percent of them were charged with violent crimes and that is in forty states in the United States. The argument remains…

Introduction: Thesis statement: The Media’s portrayal of African American’s is racially biased, reinforcing the misconception that people of colour in the United States are inferior to those of other ethnicities and perpetuating self-hate within the African American community. Divided Topic: African Americans are criminals. They are the most dangerous race in all of the United States. African Americans are unintelligent in comparison to White Americans. African Americans are unattractive…

When we think about a summer anthem that makes us want to dance and sing all at the same time “one dance” is very likely to pop up in the head of most people. Everywhere you turn you can hear this sexy, provocative song playing, and as hard as you try it hard to not sing along. “One dance” has received many awards this summer, and Billboard, a popular charting company has even named it the song of the summer. It has been number one on the chart for a consecutive 14 weeks. It keeps at No. 2 on…

been committed to making just this style of music. Cash Money Records was established in 1991 by Brian Williams also known as "Birdman" (Rys 2013). Today the record label has expanded and is now home to over twenty different music artist including: Lil Wayne, Jay Sean, and Busta Rhymes. Cash Money Records has a high influence on the pop culture we have in the United States today and is the second most successful Hip-hop Record Labels of all time (Shaw 2013). One reason they cause the…

towards women, country (though less frequently) has its’ fair share of sexism. For an example of hypersexualization in rap, I have chosen to examine the popular rap song and correlated music video “Pop That” by French Montana, Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne. The music video has been viewed nearly 60 million times on VEVO, a music video streaming website, since its’ release in 2013. Throughout the entirety of the five-minute music video, the four rappers are fully clothed at a swimming pool and…

Rap music is one of today 's most successful and influential music forms. But what do we really know about it? Knowledge on rap music in my generation consists mostly about who we think is "doper", whose "played out", who is just a singer posing as a rapper, whether underground or mainstream is better and whose the sexiest. But none of us really know who started this movement. None of us understand what it took to create not just a genre, but a whole culture that influenced our parents ' and…