Sean Combs

Discovered through a magazine article in The Sources by rapper Sean Combs known as “Diddy”. Before being signed to a label he worked on projects while at Uptown Records. He was signed mid 1992 to Bad Boy Records and released his first album September 13,1994, “Ready to Die”. What made him so special was that he would…

Notorious B.I.G based off a true story about one of the greatest rappers of all the time Known for his birth name Christopher Wallace. Played by jamal woolard, awesome job acting like the real Christopher. A movie on how one man can change the the world by changing himself, how he goes from violent streets holding drugs and gangs transitioning into the being one of the greatest rappers alive. While Christopher was only 13 he was selling drugs on the corner of his block day and night no matter…

For our presentation our group focused on the supposed acne clearing medication Proactiv. I chose this product specifically because it was one of if not the only one named that didn't require a prescription or have age limitations attached to it, therefore many consider it a fairly innocuous product. Our advertisement was laid out in a very deliberate way, showing senior photos of fresh faced, good looking high schoolers. As this was our target audience we took advantage of the visibility of…

asia Johnson English 131.45 Essay 2: First Version Why I Love Pop Culture Contrary to what many believe, you wouldn’t be who you are if it wasn’t’ for pop culture. Pop culture is the way of life targeted towards younger people. A reason I love pop culture is because it links every person on the planet. It serves as a unifying force for people of all backgrounds. Pop culture includes music, sports, television, fashion, social media, politics, and print. However, the three most influential forms…

Many Americans were saddened when JFK was shot in Dallas. Music lovers were shocked to hear about the shooting of John Lennon in New York City. For the hip hop world, however, the shooting of Tupac Shakur is probably one of the saddest, and most controversial shootings of a famous person in recent history. Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. At this time, many eyes were on the city of Las Vegas. Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon were fighting in one of the biggest boxing matches…

The margin of years that I have left before I graduate is becoming smaller every minute. I will be a junior next year and will not have very much time to think about the college I have in mind. Many people find it hard to look for the perfect college that fits them. I know plenty of seniors that do not have a clear college in mine and struggles to admit to a college before the summer arrives. Many students are forced to settle for community college because they decide to procrastinate in the…

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…

I had a great time in MUS 1014 listening to the variety of songs that Peter Mercer-Taylor provided. If there was one song that I wish he could have discussed, it would be “Juicy” by Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Biggie Smalls. The reason was that during the rap unit, Taylor offered a variety of rap songs to us during the 1980s and the new millennium. However, I only recalled him playing only one rap song from the 1990s: Snoop Doggy Dog’s “Serial Killa”. I think it would have been nice if he…

game such as: Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Eminem, and even our rising star, 2pac. On the other side of America in New York, Sean "Diddy" Combs had just signed a newbie to his own record label, "Bad Boy" records. That newbie was Christopher "Biggie" Wallace. Tensions arouse between the producers Diddy and Suge Knight, due to a supposed shooting of a close friend of Suge 's that he suspected Combs had been a part of. Diddy denied ever having anything to do with the altercation. Despite this, Knight…

Characterization and Practical Differences between Plays and Films as in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun When a human is subjected to trying times, it does not take long for one’s true colors to show. It was Alabama governor Bob Riley who said, “Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed”. In A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family is experiencing struggles of their own. While the play conveyed this…