Thebe Neruda Kgositila is a Chicago native, the son of a UCLA law professor and a South African poet. Nowadays, Thebe is far better known as Earl Sweatshirt. The rapper, producer and former key member of the Los Angeles based collective and movement Odd Future has gained recognition and praise ever since he'd released his debut mixtape, Earl, released back in March 2010. The subject matter of "Earl" can be easily described with one line from the title track. "I got nuts to bust and butts to…
The sixth song is called “Back in Black” this song starts with the dumber taping the symbols as the melody starts and one of the most famous guitar riffs comes blazing, as this fast pace song gives you a rush of adrenaline. Lyrically is hard to fallow as it sounds like rap and some of the lyrics are hard to understand but what I understand it is about getting back in the rock and roll party life. The seventh song is called “You Shook Me All Night Long” song starts with a guitar melody as it…
The streetwear collaboration project of Nas' HSTRY line with Grungy Gentleman, has teamed up with New York artist Kelvis Polanco to create a series of mock comic book covers, honoring fashion's most prominent female models. The covers go back in history to feature fashion's biggest super models including Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Adrianne Ho, and Kate Moss, all dressed in HSTRY's signature creamy leather jackets and accessories and distinctive wool and plaid pieces. Polanco's comic book…
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…
Have you ever wondered what world record rapper hold? Well today I will be telling you where rap comes from and more including who the fast rapper and more world records. So where did rap originated from? ‘’Rap originated with announcements made over microphones at parties, which developed into more rhyming patterns. A strong influence on rappers was the funk sound of James Brown. By the end of the 1970 rap had become a full-fledged musical genre, thanks to such artists as the Sugarhill Gang…
Andy Mineo is such a breath of fresh air as some people have said due to his very well-exposed inclination to simultaneously infuse his deep-seated Christian values to his musical genre which is hip hop, hence, the Christian hip hop classification. Currently being a frequent mainstay on several American chart listing sites, Mineo's associated with musical outfit Reach is ceaselessly making quite a scene in introducing a different kind of music to the general populace. Born April 17, 1988, Andy…
Who is Faheem Rashad Najm? Rashad is the rapper that many of us know today as T-pain. T-Pain, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and an actor. People might recognize T-Pain for his music but a little known fact about him is that he's changed the music industry. Ever wondered why T-pain’s voice is different and almost perfectly soothing and unique? It’s called auto tune. Since T-Pain introduced auto tune into the game, many artists also followed right behind him. Today…
Kendrick Lamar: A Manimal for Analysts Kendrick Lamar is claimed to be the saviors of rap. He is put into everyone’s top five, he has the map. He possess lyrical and emotional complexity in his art. But can he be in the top 5 all rappers of all time? He shares plenty of similarities in the upbringing, rise to the top, and lyrical skill of the greats, but Lamar is an individual. This essay will answer this burning question. Kendrick Lamar grew up around gang members, killers,…
Claudette Ortiz net worth is $1 million. She has earned this net worth working as a Singer and Model and Television artist. Claudette is an American model, singer and reality television star. Her career walk history began, at very young age of 16. She was requested to become the third and final representative of city high. She was most famous as the female in R & B group city high, after she joined the group. The R &B group made their debut album entitled as “City High”. Their debut album…
as Eminem, started his rap career as a young kid growing up in Detroit. In 1983 Eminem’s Uncle got him an Ice T CD and that was what inspired him to start rapping (Eminem timeline). When he was growing up he went to many different schools because he and his mom were constantly moving all over the suburbs of Detroit (Eminem greatest). Eminem was bullied in school and as he said,” beat up in the bathroom, beat up in hallways, shoved into lockers for the most part just being the new kid” (Eminem…