Rapping

The Coldest Story Ever Told: Kanye West’s Undeniable Cultural Energy Kanye West, musician and artist, has optimized and originated many artistic styles that have led to current patterns in modern popular culture. West’s constant innovation in music and general reflection of the New School’s rejection of Old School ways has placed him the class of an icon among youths. In his three-decade span of activity in the music industry, West has evolved through eras of soul, electronic, alternative, and a…

Especially in music videos from artists such as Cheif Keef, we see an excess of gun usage. In Keef’s music video for the song “Sosa Chamberlain”, Keef sits around a table in his home with members of his mob, Glo Gang, all holding guns. As Keef is rapping about “being on that gang shit” with “a pistol to your ear” (Keef) he is bopping around a rifle and pointing it at the camera. This type of attitude from mobs such as Glo Gang makes many people question if there is actual gang violence occurring…

“Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, who performs as Kendrick Lamar, was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987.”(Biography.com, 2016) “Kendrick Lamar is an award-winning rapper and songwriter best known for his innovative take on life in Southern California as well as for his affiliation with rap star and super-producer Dr. Dre.” (Biography.com, 2016) Kendrick Lamar is quickly becoming one of the most exciting rappers in today’s entertainment world. Like many other known rappers Kendrick Lamar…

For many decades, there has been the connotation that “rappers want to be athletes, athletes want to be rappers” (Stoute 150). We’ve seen the intermingling of the two professions from the early 90s when Shaquille O’Neal started rapping (Joseph, Revisiting Shaquille). Others, like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, also hopped on the bandwagon early. Now, there are much more serious attempts by those of Louis Williams and Damian Lillard. On the other side, we have seen numerous hip-hop artists…

Hip Hop- is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping. Hip Hop music developed as part of Hip Hop culture, which is a subculture that includes four key elements: DJing, MCing, graffiti writing, and beatboxing. It followed in the footsteps of earlier American musical genres such as blues, salsa, jazz, rag- time, funk, disco, and rock and roll by becoming one of the most popular genres of music worldwide.…

Reich, John Cage, Philip Glass, Tangerine Dream, Sickness, Wobbly, Prurient, DJ Mustard, Skinny Puppy, Regis, Mannie Fresh, Dj Paul & Juicy J, Chris Watson, DJ Screw, KLC, Whitehouse, Bernard Parmegiani, Clams Casino, and the list goes on. As for rapping, Daveed counts Prurient, DJ Mustard, Skinny Puppy, Regis, Mannie Fresh, Dj Paul & Juicy J, Chris Watson, DJ Screw, KLC, Pedestrian Deposit, Block Beattaz, Whitehouse, Bernard Parmegiani, Clams Casino as…

Kendrick Lamar is a widely recognised American rapper and songwriter from Compton, California. His music is notorious for its diverse range of musical genres and exposure of the socio-political struggles that African-Americans face growing up in America. Through the study of Section80 (2011) and How to Pimp a Butterfly (2015), this essay will explore the ways in which Kendrick Lamar uses his music to express socio-political issues, and if his rise to fame effects this. Lamar’s first independent…

was raised along with a younger half-brother by his mother, Debbie Mathers-Briggs, who moved the family to a predominately black neighborhood on the East side of Detroit when Mathers was 11. At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself. Where & He got his name He uses Eminem as his rap name because it represents his initials "M-and-M" - get it? Also, he sometimes uses the nickname Slim Shady to express…

business. He even went as far as to scout various towns and other areas on his small plane for ideal retail spots. Jay Z was also extremely motivated, but he rose to his current position in a very different way. Jay Z began as a hustler who enjoyed rapping. He would sell drugs at a low price sparking heat amongst competing dealers, for instance. After a few close calls with the law, Jay Z decided he needed to travel along a safer route; this is when he decided to start a career in rap. Walton…

The music that inspires me is deep rap music. I enjoy this type of music because it actually has meaning unlike recent music artist like lil uzi vert. Some artists that are inspiring to me are 2pac, kendrick lamar and bone thugs n harmony. Even though I can’t relate to all of it I like to listen to it when I am going through something because it makes me realize that some people are going through something but they are still happy and thankful for what they have. Some songs I really like are…