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Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, also known as Aloe Blacc, is a thirty-eight year old, African American musician who falls within the genres of soul, funk, contemporary R&B, and hip-hop music. Blacc began his solo career with the release of his first solo album Shine through in 2003. He signed with Stone Throw Records six years later. His next two albums, Good Things and Lift Your Spirit, are what launched Blacc to where his is currently in his music career in 2017. In his album Lift Your Spirit,…

Capital Steez was a young New York rapper that took the classic rap scene by storm with his incredible word play, his use of irony, and his critic of the injustices in America. Capital Steez took his own life on December 23, 2012 at the age of 19. He dedicated his life to shedding light on injustices in America and bringing rap back to its roots where there was meaning behind every line. Steez wanted to not only change the genre, but also the effect of rap on the community and the negative…

Rap industry has gained huge recognition with fans over the years. According to Bradley “Rap is now the most widely disseminated poetry in the history of the world” (Bradley, xiii). Rappers have built up their following from adults to young kids that enjoy listening to rap music. The audiences are the ones who spend money on the artist, accordingly, buying their music, attending concerts, or buying merchandise. Now a day, an artist can be asked to represent a company, either in the fashion world…

Product The product name,Beats by Dre, is associated mainly with the famous headphone line, although other products are available. Not only is the name catchy, but it draws clear associations with one of the company “founders” and his music career. There are assumptions made automatically that with such a history the company must focus on quality and stem from a musical passion rather than money. The products that Beats provides to consumers attempt to meet a need that the target market has;…

Rap music has been around for almost 30 years starting with the people like, Run DMC, LL Cool J, and N.W.A. No one had ever heard this new type of music and was intrigued by the rawness and realness of it. People of all races liked the music and thought it was a new form of art. But, the new rap music of the 2000’s has changed the overall view of rap. People don’t think of it as art anymore because of its big influence of gang violence and use of profanity and this is more of a caucasian…

great strides towards becoming more accepting of the LGBTQ community, there is still a portion of the population that has not changed. And in hip hop culture today, it can be seen by many that homophobia is still prevalent. Joel Penney is quite aware of this as his article entitled, “We Don’t Wear Tight Clothes”: Gay Panic and Queer Style in Contemporary Hip Hop, is centered on the aforementioned idea. In the article, Penney discusses how the ongoing feud, between masculine gangsta rappers and…

What is hip hop? Hip Hop is a style of popular music of United States African American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. Hip hop music in 2018 is still very popular in the United States by both men and women and diverse cultures. In the article “Fly-Girls, Bitches and Hoes” by Joan Morgan she quotes rap lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G.’s platinum album “Ready to Die”, scenarios and statistics relating to black on black crime and her mother’s words of wisdom to…

the world, hip-hop sums up the problems in today’s society whether it’s dealing with teen rebellion, African-Americans interaction with police officers, poverty, or even injustice. Hip-Hop is the voice of the people in an assertive way, it has positive influences as well as some negatives. However the negative Influences of Gang Violence and The Encouraging of Unprincipled Behavior can be solved by Community leaders mentoring the youth to teach them what’s fake about certain hip hop lyrics,…

Chicago is known to produce many great artist, regardless of the music genre. Chicago has bred rappers and singers such Common, Lupe Fiasco, G Herbo, Jennifer Hudson, Muddy Waters, and more. Many of these artist have had great impacts on the Chicago culture but one rapper that goes by Chance The Rapper stands out the most to me. Chance The Rapper, an extraordinary artist born and raised in the same neighborhood as myself has made his way as one of Kanye West’s biggest prodigies. He has…

I have chosen to study if rap and hip-hop lyrics glorify and promote misogyny and violence in teenagers as well as adults. The proposed research question for this study is; “Do Rap and Hip-Hop Lyrics Promote Violence and Misogyny?” It is an important issue in our society when taking into account how many people listen to rap and hip-hop music, and whether it could potentially be a negative influence on our society’s adolescent teenagers. The effects this music could possibly have on youth could…