Nas

J. Cole is an American hip-hop recording artist and record producer. He signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009, then went onto creating his debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011. This album went on to be number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). His music has succeeded due to his brutally honest brand of storytelling, and his themes of pain, angst, and irony. The topics of his storytelling…

In 2017, Dieuson Octave, commonly known by his stage name “ Kodak Black” released his album “ Project Baby 2: All Grown Up”. This album is a reboot of his breakout tape “ Project Baby”. Just like the title of the album indicates, “Project Baby 2” is about growth, the aftermath of the trials and tribulations that Kodak faced growing up in the projects in Pompano Beach, Florida. In a tracklist fully dominated by melodic songs, the highly lyrical and meaningful verses on Versatile stands out to…

My top three rappers of all time are Meek Mill, Young Pappy and Kodak Black and they are probably everybody else's too. But the best songs by Meek Mill are “Dreams & Nightmares”, “Trillest” and “War time”. These songs are the best because he killin the mic. Next it’s Kodak Black and he from Florida an he is not really know around the world but in our generation he is. An his best song is “Skrilla”, “Skirt” and “No flocking” and he have that dancing music. Next is Young Pappy he is the best…

I felt excited for the opportunity to learn and observed an area of interest within my social work practice. In addition, I was excited to see if the population of members would resemble that of the NA meeting. On the other hand, I was nervous if I would be accepted as such a meeting. I wondered if I appeared too prestigious in which it would hindered my ability to connect with the members of the group. Despite my reservations, I reminded myself that…

Nas performed a lengthy set on Saturday to a sea of screaming fans. The Hip Hop vet performed most of his Life Is Good album along with other classic hits. During his set, Nas took a moment to shout out his own daughter. "Today's my daughter's birthday," said Nas. "She's 19 today. That's crazy!" The short speech served as a segue to the track "Daughters." Nas' new billboard in classic back and white, is the largest billboard in Times Square and was revealed last week. Often called the poet…

Since the commercialization of rap, many popular rap artist lacked substance, but there are still artist and songs that makes their viewers think and reflect on themselves and their surroundings. An example of an artist that can make gangsta rap and also conscious rap and still be well known is Tupac. Tupac is known for holding a gangsta image and even having gangsta sounds, but he is no stranger to making songs about loving our women and wanting to be better like in his song Dear Mama, 1995.…

A genius in the rap world, to say the least, Tupac Shakur has always been one of the most talked about artists of all times. In fact, you don’t need to be a fan of rap to feel overwhelming emotions triggered by Tupac’s songs. Born as Lesane Parish Crooks, Tupac left the world way too soon. He was shot and killed in September of 1996. There is a reason Tupac still holds a place in everyone’s heart. He was the epitome of perfection when it came to passing on a message through songs. Not only was…

In a world where conformity is king and sticking with the status quo is often a well-honed survival instinct, four-time Dove Award nominee Manafest has always found contentment in doing his own thing. And refusing to be anyone but himself has clearly served him—and his artistry well. Even on the heels of his wildly popular, bestselling album Fighter, Manafest (real name: Chris Greenwood) refused to settle into a familiar, if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it mentality when making the follow-up, The…

My love and appreciation for Hip Hop/ Rap has been a pretty recent attraction. It was something I grew up around, but wasn’t interested in. Most of the people that listened to rap in high school were the more popular kids, so I didn’t think there would be anything I could relate to and stayed away. All I consumed was the stuff on the radio. College changed my rap consumption though. When I was on campus, I found that I was having more and more free time, so I wanted to try out this thing so many…

A billion dollar industry that grew from humble beginnings in the Bronx sector of New York City in the mid 1970’s was created by the poor in the lowest income neighborhoods. Diverse ethnic minorities made up the group. The music they created became known as “hip-hop” a new genre of music which consists of four main components; “DJing (disc jockeying), graffiti art, and B-boying (break dancing).” (Baker, P. 8). The fourth component was rapping (rhyming lyrics over a musical background). (Baker, P…