New school hip hop

people. They have to look at it this way, how would they feel if the shoe was on the other the foot! A profession where education is not needed to become successful but is used as a “way out”, would be hip hop or rap music. Hip hop music was formed during the 1970s when block parties were popular in New York City, dealing mostly with young African Americans that stayed in the Bronx. At the block parties, DJs would play popular songs that had percussive breaks. They would play these songs on…

From being a successful hip hop musical artist to engaging in the most controversial arguments and activities of all time Kanye West has been listed one of the most controversial person. Most of society can’t see past his outrage, outburst in the media. Some may say once he married the controversial well known Kim Kardashian was when things took a shift for the worse. He is constantly being judged and scrutinized by most. There have been times when he had to consult professional help because it…

members. 
They see that, somebody bomb a school
and all these people get killed, so the United States feel like ooh that’s messed up
we got to go show them who the real killers. This country was built on gangs, you know, I think this country still is run by gangs Republicans, Democrats, The Police Department, The FBI and CIA, those are gangs, you know what I mean. The correctional officers I had a correctional officer tell me straight, we the biggest gang in New York State straight up” (Tupac). …

of really having a photo or message capture who they are with doodles, filter/lens over top, and a vas variety of personalized stickers. This app has taken showing one’s life on the Internet to a new level. A level my participant D has taken full advantage of. D is my long time friend from high school, who I’ve known and confided in for almost eight years. When assigned this…

This was their first album under a record label that they created themselves so this is what happened to get there. The style of hip-hop prior to N.W.A was vastly different as what they rapped about wasn’t always about the streets. No one spoke up about living in poverty and witnessing or even engaging in gang violence but they instead spoke about the party life because that was what was sold to vast majority of the audience. When more artists who talked about their life as they see it instead…

Chance’s full name is “Chancellor Jonathan Bennett” from Chicago, Illinois. Growing up in Chicago, he was exposed to hip hop regularly but never started to listen to the genre until he bought Kanye West’s Debut album The College Dropout. Before, he was a fan of Michael Jackson and his parents various jazz and gospel artists. He was born…

about how it got started? 1978, New York City- The Bronx, a small poverty stricken neighborhood, is where it all began.…

Straight Outta Compton is a film about a group called N.W.A. According to Kautz (2017), “Niggaz with Attitudes is a hip-hop group formed in 1986 in Compton, California by artist Eric Wright also known as Eazy-E, N.W.A considered one of the greatest in the history of hip-hop music” (p.3). The group has a total of five members, including the founder Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Mc Pen and Dj Yella. However, the movie primarily concentrates on the three main head characters, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice…

Tupac Shakur know as 2Pac is a remarkable person who shaped modern American culture by becoming an influential rapper back in the days. Tupac was born in June,16 of 1971 in New York city. Tupac had a very difficult childhood. His mother, who were a Black Panther activism was pregnant of him while she was in jail and he only got to know his biological father when he was an adult. Raised in a bad area, he spent most of the time around of bad companies. Since he was young, he was exposed to…

a bright student and having a passion for reading and writing his first poem "When Sue Wears Red" was written while he was still in high school and is very well known to this day. It took a while before he wrote his first book of poetry but was quickly recognized. Langston Hughes was an influential role model during the Harlem renaissance a period of time in New York where artist, musicians and writers freely expressed their African American culture. His writings confronted African American…