Snoop Dogg

Rags to Riches: How the Rise of Graffiti Has Mimicked its Artists On Saturday Night Live in 1997, then-mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani declared “we’ve gotten [graffiti] off our subways, but there are still idiots out there trying to turn our streets into an eyesore! (McKay)” Now, almost twenty years later, an original piece of iconic street artist Banksy’s work sells for as much as $1.7 million (Randal). Each of Banksy’s most valued pieces was undervalued by hundreds of thousands of…

connection with this music. An example of the influence gang relations had on hip hop can be drawn from arguably the best artist of this time period, Snoop Dogg, “Snoop was a member of the rollin’ 20 crips from long beach. It is said that he eventually gained O.G. status, which is why he named one of his albums The Blue Carpet Treatment.” (“Snoop Dogg”). Snoop Dogg’s involvement of his gang affiliation in his music displays the great influence of crime in…

and it was marked the arrival of a new genre. He was breaking out his own and brand new record label. Andre hit the top of the hip-hop charts with The Chronic on Death Row Records in the year 1992. The BIGGEST single from his album was featuring Snoop Dogg and it was called “Nutin but a’G’ Thang.” With Andre’s latest release Andre helped introduce G-Funk, which incorporated musical samples and melodies from funk with Gangsta rap. Andre always admired the work of such acts as Parliament and…

Introduction Rap lyrics have continuously made a large impact on the lives of people living in the North American ghettos in both positive and negative ways. Rap music, intrinsically has generally created a positive base to which people of the North American ghetto can relate and express their feelings and values towards things like mainstream culture. Kubrin refers to rap music as “The CNN for black America” (2005), it keeps the nation updated with the struggles of the ghetto. Although the…

convention in 2009, Snoop Dogg addressing thousands of key religious figures in the audience, cites that his attendance is for the betterment of both the hip-hop and the black community. His speech thanking Louis Farrakhan garnered a standing ovation and unstoppable cheering from hundreds in the audience. This incident helps us understand the factor of trust and dynamism in his rhetoric and the success of his old promise in bettering his community through his personal transformation. Snoop…

Out From Under The Blanket Writing comes in many shapes, forms, and fashions. Most people have a common idea as to what writing is or what writing should be in a school setting. When asked most would automatically recall past papers done in middle school, high school, and college that were purely academia prompted by a specific topic. Since there are various ways to express knowledge through writing, why are musical forms, such as rap or hip hop, seen as unintelligale or even purely…

some music. They said of course and let me choose. Since I am the oldest I got to choose first. My brother, being the brat he is, started whining at my music choice. He likes R&B, lovey-dovey music, while I am over here listening to Warren G and Snoop Dogg. I listen to all sorts of music, but rap is what I have been listening to my whole life. My brother and I are totally different musically. As an example, he plays the clarinet while I play the trumpet. We finally decided that I would get to…

A billion dollar industry that grew from humble beginnings in the Bronx sector of New York City in the mid 1970’s was created by the poor in the lowest income neighborhoods. Diverse ethnic minorities made up the group. The music they created became known as “hip-hop” a new genre of music which consists of four main components; “DJing (disc jockeying), graffiti art, and B-boying (break dancing).” (Baker, P. 8). The fourth component was rapping (rhyming lyrics over a musical background). (Baker, P…

for that is because it’s riddled with slang and emotions specific to it so that the speaker could differentiate themselves to a specific interest group. The best example of this is in music lyrics, and one man that excels at it is a rapper named Snoop Dogg, who has contributed more to non-formal speech than any one person to date. With the song "Drop It Like It's Hot" there is a whole chorus line of broken English, to illustrate, he says “So don't change the dizzle, turn it up a…

“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 offered another song during the same decade. To me, “Juicy” would have been a great candidate. Released in 1994 from the album Ready to Die, “Juicy” became a breakthrough hit…