Lupe Fiasco

concluded that rap music was not entirely harmful and could, in fact, be a positive tool to help troubled youth work through their issues. Some argue that rap music is a freedom of expression and that all rap music is not negative. For example, Lupe Fiasco, a popular hip hop artist, focuses on delivering positive messages through his music. The lyrics of his music often tell a story and, unlike many other hip hop songs, are not filled with profanity. There are also an increasing number of…

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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…

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…

Mary Louise Pratt is a famous Silver Professor, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Language Instructor at the prestigious New York University. She holds a B.A in Modern Languages from the University of Toronto; she attended the University of Illinois for her M.A in Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University. Mary Louise Pratt introduced the idea of contact zones with the point of admiring the different aspects that exist within a society. By definition, the term…

Throughout musical history, there have been numerous artists who have shaped the sound, direction and aesthetic of their respective genre and pushed it to uncharted territory. These artists are hailed as icons and their impact casts a vast shadow on both future newcomers and the artists that are currently known to hold the crown. Kanye West is an artist whose name deserves to be held to this standard, as an innovator, tastemaker and arguably the most influential artist of his generation. While…

The Negro race has a rather large share of the last mentioned class.” Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro. When I read this excerpt I thought of the video that was shown in class by Lupe Fiasco, Bitch Bad. Why is that we feel that we cannot be better than what society see us as. We have to same opportunities that our counterparts, but we fail to utilize it. You asked “why do you think he put the black face in the video?” I felt that he…

Digger.” The song features Jamie Foxx, the man who played Ray Charles in Ray, impersonating the late great soul singer. The song was on the radio twenty-four seven during the summer of ’05. The album also featured songs with Jay Z, Adam Levine, and Lupe Fiasco just to name a few. Another song that gained popularity was “Hey Mama” a song dedicated to his mother. The song was introduced to the world on the Oprah Winfrey Show. “Hey Mama” was composed in 2000 but was only released to Kanye’s mother…