Roc-A-Fella Records

Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, vocalist, lyricist, record maker, mold architect, and business person. Conceived in Atlanta and brought up in Chicago, West quickly went to workmanship school before getting to be noticeably known as a maker for Roc-A-Fella Records in the mid 2000s, delivering hit singles for specialists, for example, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. Expectation on seeking after a performance vocation as a rapper, West discharged his presentation collection The College Dropout in…

The song that I have decided to analyze is Formation, by Beyonce. Beyonce is a worldwide sensation in the pop music industry as well as in feminist culture. Beyonce originally started out in a singing group called Destiny’s Child, where she first became well known; once the group split, Beyonce started her own musical career and has not looked back since. In 2008, eleven years after dating, Beyonce and rapper and music producer Jay-Z married. Three years later, Beyonce became pregnant with…

battles Jay-Z would have in Marcy. The competition in hip-hop is what drove so many artists to becoming the best they could possibly be. Jay-Z discusses his battle with 50 Cent and Kanye West to sell more records. Having the drive to beat them, made him work harder to make the best record he could. His drive for competition also came from sports. Playing sports and then watching athletes like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant showed him the benefits of working hard to become the best.…

Long behold, formed “The Originators”. It was the first brick needed to build an empire. The rhyming stanzas caught attention and before he knew it the lyrics were on Yo! MTV Raps. The rapper had a quiet start, yet the record label, Roc-a-fella Records, that was created with two of his friends set his popularity over the edge. Jay-Z was selling albums like a dam opening its floodgates. He had reached his dream, doing what he loved in the best city in the United States of America. The…

Lester’s main argument he makes in Hip Hop and the Neoliberal Turn, is that there is this sense of increasing growth of neoliberalism present in black politics. He argues hip hop is the response to the neoliberal shift found in US cities, this is seen from increases of financialization and deregulation, cuts to public funding and the push for the free market (p.2). Lester proves this by relating hip hop to past workers songs of resistance and solidarity (p.2). He argues rap is now seen as the…

sold it for over $200 million dollars (Stern). He bought the New Jersey Nets, an NBA franchise and relocated them to Brooklyn (now the Brooklyn Nets), his home town. Jay-Z also developed one of the most successful rap labels of our time, in Roc-A-Fella Records (IMDb.com). He owns restaurants in Brooklyn, along with his own champagne brand as well. Jay-Z has made a name for himself literally everywhere in the business…

stole the mike from Taylor Swift in 2009 ? A lot of people have already came to the conclusion that Kanye West is some narcissist dude who only cares about the man in the mirror. At the age of 20 Kanye was a known for being a producer at Roc-A-Fella records creating hit songs for musical artist like Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. After being made fun of for wanting to make music, Kanye soon dropped his first two albums College Dropout and Late Registration. With these two Album Releases Kanye was…

labeled as one of the greatest self made hustlers. His self made success is one of the reasons why men of all races look up to him hoping to emulate his success. Coming from nothing to becoming a self made multi-billionaire by owning a record label, “Roc-A-Fella Records” at the age of twenty seven; to being a music producer; to owning a clothing company, “Rocawear”; then marrying a beautiful singer - Beyonce Knowles and creating an empire gaining wealth by combining their successes. Many of the…

were eliminated in the 1780’s. The evidence people use is absurd they say that the triangle Jay Z and Beyoncé make with their hands is the same triangle that represents the illuminati. That triangle is really just a representation of Jay z’s record label Roc-a-fella. Many people have triangle logos like Dorito’s so if you believe that was a good argument you shouldn’t eat those chips of the devil because they are really a mind controlling snack. In an article on Romper.com written by Kenza…

million albums sold. Winner of 21 Grammy Awards and other 68 nominations as a record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper. Until today, no other hip-hop artist has won more. Plaudits from Lou Reed, Prince, Paul McCartney and many more (Biography.com Editors, 2017). He has been influencing music as an art constantly since his…