Rapping

Okay Hip-hop A style of popular music of us minority 's of black and hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. Hip-hop, like other forms of music,cannot be understood,unless it’s studied with both historical and social content.Today’s rap reflects its origin in the hip-hop culture African-Americans, its roots in african oral tradition,its function as the voice of an otherwise unrepresented group, and as its popularity has grown, its…

20101037 PSY216/A Theories of Personality Study on Personality In this study I will examine the personality of Eminem who is a well-known American rap singer who is perceived as an aggressive by people all around the world. By focusing on his childhood development I aimed to achieve that his personality was greatly influenced and consisted by his childhood conflicts, and traumatic life events. Even if he was raised by a neglected parenting style by his mother and felt bullied among his peers;…

decay and economic demise- young, multiethnic inner-city kids created their own solution to the traumatic changes they continually faced.” Over time, hip-hop gained popularity and eventually turned into the biggest form of black expression through rapping about the black and inner-city experience. “At first, this local phenomenon was ignored by mainstream America..." (Price, 1). It wasn’t until 1980 with the song “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang that hip-hop erupted into the mainstream…

What is Islam? In today’s world a lot of people do not have an idea of what Islam is, the media often portrays it as a religion of violence and extremism and that is the idea that is placed in everyone’s heads. Islam is a religion based on monotheism, a belief that there is only one God, and was revealed to the Prophet Muhammadsaw through a revelation from God. The religion of peace and tolerance is widely regarded as a faith of oppression and radicalism and a lot of fear is associated with the…

Mental Pressure Talking about hitting a brick wall, there are some things in life that can push a person to the limit of no return. Sometimes in life, there are surprises that arises and creates a brick wall that stops a person in their track. Some people are lucky enough to find ways to bring them back to sanity, unfortunately some chose to completely remove themselves from the misery by suicide. Marshall B. Mathers, well known as Eminen is a rapper, actor, and a song writer who was born in…

The hip hop culture can be a good source for many people to express themselves. The expression can come in different forms, such as: graffiti art, music, or dance and fashion. Hip hop dancing is one of the better ways of one’s self-expression because of how easily it is to communicate with others through dancing. Along with hip hop dancing, what the hip hop artists wear is a major aspect in becoming who the artist is or what they represent. Fashion can come in many forms. From clothing to…

Morrison states, “Marketing messages of hate and violence to children sends the signal that violence is widespread and normal, that it is acceptable to abuse women, and that there is glamour in lawlessness” (Morrison). Teens are listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community…

Lastly, even though lyrics follow the urban society’s view on their own situations, many contemplate that the content can be mislead, over exaggerate or inappropriately describe the nation and its people. As often as Americans preach the good word of fairness and equality, the American urbanites filling cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Watts were locked out of the sermon. During what historians call the Civil Rights Era (Timeline: Civil Rights Era 1954-1971), Americans would witness multiple…

The Oversexualization and Objectification of Black Women She’s angry, she’s mean, she has an attitude, she’s loud, she’s ghetto, she’s exotic, she’s a jezebel. These some of the many attributes and the stereotypes of black women that are given to them from misrepresentation in the mainstream media. Not only are these labels incorrect, they can be harmful to black women everywhere; they perpetuate this idea that if one falls into a stereotype about the community in which they belong, it makes…

Rap music is a constantly evolving art form that has historically given marginalized American minorities an outlet for emotions and an avenue to comfortably speak out against social injustice. Fernando Orejuela describes the aggressive style of rap that began in the late 1980s as the “Hardcore” era of rap music, which is characterized by popular artists creating aggressive and lyrically obscene music in response to racism. In order to understand the social utility of rap music, it is important…