Mixtape

Speech- Kehlani Opening: “They say God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And as much as anyone can say how invincible I seem or how fearless I am or how brave I must be, I'm still human. And I've seen things and I've felt more pain than some will in their entire lives, all before the age of even being able to buy a drink at a bar. But I have to be strong, not for myself but for a greater purpose, because I feel like my duty is far…

Brooks in the teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation for seven years and earned a Young Artist Award in 2002 for best ensemble in a TV series. He also released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006, achieving modest sales of approximately 6,000 copies, and joined Lil Wayne on his Carter III tour as a result of his mixtape sales (Biography.com Editors). Drake received a BET award in 2008 for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, and his single "Best I Ever Had” reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot…

Who Is Kevin Gates? Kevin Gates is a Down- South rap artist born in New Orleans but raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. According to Kevin he grew up living with his grandmother because he was too much for his mother to handle. Kevin wasn’t the best kid growing up being in and out of jail since he was 13 but was still able to get his Masters in Psychology while incarcerated. Not like other rappers Kevin doesn’t consider his music rap but rather “Reality Music”. Dealing with different cases of…

singers Mya, Pink, and Christina Aguilera. The single won them the Grammy in 2002 for Best Pop Collaboration. Number Six: She Hasn’t Recorded an Album in Over 10 Years. Lil Kim has not released a studio album in over 10 years. She has released 3 mixtapes, but has been keeping herself busy making appearances on TV. Number Five: She Won The Wildest MTV Video Music Award Outfit.…

Imagine going from selling drugs to selling millions of records and becoming a huge name in the music industry. Snoop Dogg is a huge name in the music industry today. You can ask anyone on the street who Snoop Dogg is and they will know who he is. Now you must be wondering how you can go from nothing to something from selling drugs to selling records. Snoop Dogg went through some tough times when he was younger. Snoop and his family lived on the eastern part of long beach. The eastern part of…

pursue that through a career in music performance and composition. Not only can he play really well, but he can compose also. Currently, Brian is working on a mixtape about all the different kinds of sounds throughout music. He recently played one of his songs for some people who know a lot about music, and they all loved it. Once this mixtape is released, people all over the music community will hear it through Soundcloud and love it. He could very well become one of the next great stars of the…

Chief Keef and Famous Dex: An in Depth Comparison Chief Keef and Famous Dex are both popular, hip-hop recording artists who share many of the same qualities in music and style. The two musicians also share similar backgrounds, but have differences in music style. Keith Cozart, otherwise known as Chief Keef, is a famous dread-headed recording artist and rapper. In fact, he blew up from his hit song “Don’t Like”, and also gained his stardom at only the age of fifteen. On the other hand, being…

Piracy is a topic that is always being brought up and discussed, for one simple reason; people cannot make up their mind which is right. It has always speculated if people should be persecuted for downloading music in an illegitimate way. Honestly, it is impractical to make somebody pay tons for only a song. Initially, it is not moral to send someone to jail for downloading music or making them pay a ludicrous fine. Commonly, a song costs about 99 cents, which may just be a dollar, however,…

The artist I chose was Gustavo Ahr known as lil peep. I choose Lil Peep because he went through alot of depression and drug issues. Peep was an american rapper, singer , and songwriter. Lil Peep was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on November 1, 1996. He grew up in Long Island, New york. He was half Irish and half swedish . Both of his parents were Harvard graduates . His mother was a first grade teacher and his father was a college professor . Gustavo's both parents…

Hardworking, energetic, and gifted with talent, Jaquae is the new hip-hop artist to hit the scene. Uniquely-equipped with a distinctive sound, Jaquae’s exceptional ability to make music come alive with storytelling has crowned him the “Hook King.” With just a few years on the music scene, Jaquae has laid down hooks for big name such as Pappose, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Maino, among others. Born in Harlem, New York and raised in South Carolina, Jaquae began his profession in the entertainment…