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Aubrey “Drake” Graham was born to a white, Canadian, Jewish mother, and an African-American father (Official Website). This odd combination has created a modern-day renaissance man as Drake excels at nearly everything. Drake has won multiple GRAMMY’s, along with awards from Billboard, American Music Awards, BET, and People’s Choice. Drake is also an entrepreneur, as he has even started his own label, OVO Sound (AceShowbiz). Drake is the most-worthy nominee for induction into the Rock and Roll…

Michael Jackson was considered the King of Pop throughout his long career. The entertainer is responsible for changing the world of pop music to something that just about everyone across the world could listen to and enjoy. Jackson was a singer and an excellent dancer. There were few that could reproduce his smooth moves in his day. However, numerous Jackson impersonators have come along and tried to reproduce the King of Pop's look and smooth moves. Certainly, capturing Michael Jackson's style…

found him singing in his bedroom dancing along to the radio. When Katherine told Joe about this he did not believe her. Once Michael sang in front of his father he was amazed. Later on before Michael’s 6th birthday, his father had formed the Jackson 5, which included, Michael, Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine. They practiced all the time in their living room, and then started to go to nearby arenas, and went throughout the mid-west performing their musical talents. Later in 1968 the Jackson…

Simon cowell was born October 7, 1959 in London, England. Simon Cowell is an English reality television judge, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is most known as a judge on the British and American TV talent competition series such as, Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, American Idol, and America’s Got Talent. Simon Cowell is the primary founder and chief executive of the British entertainment company Syco. In the early 1980’s, Simon developed fanfare records with Iain…

Smash Mouth was formed in San Jose, Ca, in 1994. Smash Mouth’s band members were Steve Harwell as lead vocalist, Paul De Lisle as bassist, Michael Klooster as keyboardist, Kevin Coleman as drummer, and Greg Camp as guitarist. The band had a rough start, but began their journey to superstardom with the song “Nervous In The Alley.” Interscope Records heard that song and decided to sign the band. With IR, Smash Mouth created their first album, Fush Yu Mang, in 1997. In this album, was their first…

Jesika Tolar K. Neidlinger MUS-110-02 23 March 2017 Michael Jackson and His Influence on Pop Music Michael Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He was one of ten among the rest of his brothers and sisters. His parents were Joe Jackson, his father and Katherine Jackson, his mother. In his lifetime, Michael had three children; two which were boys and one girl. Ever since Michael was a child he had been exposed to music and the show business. His parents were largely involved in…

Michael’s pride made him think that he could break rules, and not have to think of face the consequences. One of the consequences includes Michael acting like a child and doing reckless illegal task. Some of these task include: child molestation and holding 9 month old son Prince Michael II over a of the Adlon Hotel in Berlin. In the late 1980’s, Michael Jackson bought a ranch in California that he referred to as “Neverland”, and made it his fantasy home. The ranch had amusement rides that he…

Michael Jackson’s sixth album, “Thriller,” is Michael's one of the most famous album. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records and have won eight Grammy Awards in 1984. Even till today it’s still the best selling album in music. It have a totally of nine songs, including, “Beat it,” “Billie Jean,” “The Girl is Mine,” “Thriller,” and many more. The songs on the album includes pop, rock, R&B, funk, and disco. Most of the songs are in the format of simple verse chorus where…

Michael Joseph Jackson, known as the ‘King of Pop’ was an American singer, songwriter, recording producer, dancer and actor born on August the 29 1958 and died on June 25 2009 at age 50, which left a great impact on popular culture. Jackson’s music videos are widely popular to all ages of people due to least amount of explicit language and actions. Through the discussion of target audience and values, the lyrics, symbolic codes of the people in “Man in the Mirror and the different…

the age of 4. Many were surprised at the well handled electro voice at such a young age and his some of his siblings also had a thing for singing. Michaels father wanted to make something out of this so They started out by making the group the Jackson 5 their first record being, Soon Michael made his first single called got to be there. His career escalated once that was released and thriller, bad, and…