Terry Funk

The Fader, which was created in 1999, is a magazine built mostly on today’s hip-hop culture. A lot of there articles are based on music, but they also cover things such as fashion and events. They are reaching for a younger audience by using famous artists that teenagers listen to. They also use bright vibrant colors on their front page to try and get you to notice their magazine out of all the others on the shelf. Fader is all about this generations music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. In…

To be or not to be poetry or hip-hop. Poetry and hip-hop an ongoing debate on whether or not they are compatible or completely irrelevant. What is poetry? Poetry is the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. Hip hop a musical style that express feelings and ideas with the use of beats and rhythm. Hip hop and poetry share a mutual characteristic RHYTHM. Rhythm in music as well as poetry give the lyrics style and emotion to inspire the listeners. Although in…

The global hip-hop youth culture is one of the manifestations that have continued to thrive since the nineteenth century to date. Notably, the speed at which the black American culture is spreading to other parts of the world other than the United States of America has increased substantially (Osumare 266). Hip-hop has become a factor that binds the youth globally and enables them to share and experience a form of attachment with each other (Osumare 267). It is possible for rap and hip-hop to…

Growing up in a dominantly white neighborhood I was exposed to mostly hard rock and pop music. My father would play old hard rock albums on his cassette player whenever he would be driving. I favored listening to hard rock thinking it’s what men listen to, unlike the songs that pop stations would play. I did not pay attention to hip hop until junior high, where my exposure to it grew on a daily basis. As the years go by, I recognize hip hop as my genre of choice when listening to music. Not only…

Food, music, clothes, language, they all have one thing in common having to be an influence that African American Communities have in the United States.The background story of African American in North America started as enslaved Africans brought to North America and forced into working as free labors. Coming into a continent completely different from what Africans were used to, they were forced to adapt to the western world. Working as free labors, Africans had a huge impact on the economy of…

Americans today tend to believe that Hip Hop has made a dramatic influence on society today. From many articles that I’ve read such as Brent Staples ¨How Hip Hop Music Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans¨ he stated that ¨The most poisonous one defines middle-class normalcy and achievement as "white," while embracing violence, illiteracy and drug dealing as "authentically" black. This fiction rears its head from time to time in films and literature. But it finds its most virulent expression in rap…

First of all, I want to thank you for the phone call and leaving a voicemail. Taking the time out to help a Veteran was something I always wondered about this place. I always ask the question, is this a place for individuals to come every day for work as a lessee/lessor relationship, or does this place really have some sort of substance behind it for Veterans? Well, now I know that in fact it is a place for helping Veterans after all- when you called and thanks!! In addition, I perfectly…

In Hip Hop a name is everything, it is your identity and your mark on the world. In Jeff Chang’s book, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A history of the Hip-Hop Generation” DJ Kool Herc mentioned that tagging a name was, “like locating the edge of civil society and planting a flag there”. It did not make them celebrities to the outside world but it made them celebrities to their peers (74). Creating a memorable name was important for Hip Hop artists since this the name would represent who the artist was…

Ragtime Jazz is considered the first completely American Music. As mentioned before ragtime jazz was popular towards the end of the 19th century and about two decades of the twentieth century. Musical Characteristics: Ragtime Jazz is structured in a way that is similar to the march. this music style’s use of syncopation is what makes it distinguishable. Ragtime Jazz is lively and springy and is ideal to dance for, much like todays music. The name “Ragtime Jazz” is believed to be a contraction…

Hip Hop originally empowered the youth of New York. It gave a voice to those who wanted to speak up against the oppression and injustice of their environment. As Hip Hop started to become mainstream, it began to manifest into a sub-culture that promotes and glorifies violence, drug usage, the mistreatment of women, and highlight racial stereotypes of African American men and women. In the documentary titled Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, director Byron Hurt confronts the controversial…