The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

There have been countless television shows that focus on black people and black cultural issues; for instance Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel Air more recently Everybody hates Chris and Black-ish. Although each show focuses on black families and certain cultural issues and stereotypes, there is always the underlying presence/influence of white culture whether it be the fact that the show was produced by a white person or a white character. This essay will analyze how rapper childish…

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) to what was dominating the airwaves at the time (ex. Poison and Guns and Roses). In the meantime, unbeknownst to many, some artists took notes from artists like Ice T, and were depicting the cold, grim reality of the urban decay they experienced…

Parenting styles where brought up a lot in class. As discussed in class there are four types of parenting styles and they are: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and unresponsive or neglected. We discussed the qualities that each parenting holds and how they affect the children. When we talked about authoritarian parent style, the first person that came to mind was Red Forman from the television show That 70 Show. It is one of my favorite shows, and one would argue that Red is a great…

Hip hop culture can be traced all the way back to the 1930’s when African American men would retell stories, sometimes of World War I, using rhythm, rhyme and poetry for entertainment. This process was often referred to as “signifying” or “playing the dozens.” These soon were passed on and became what we today know as rapping. Telling a story was still a prevalent part of rapping but improvisation was introduced around the 1970’s. During this time, there were block parties around New York and…

The Music in the 90’s was booming. Bands like Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, No doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers , and The Presidents of the United States of America. These bands were a highlight in the 90’s. They were an advancement in music history. Today these bands are still very popular and listened to by many. I am one of them. They put rock and pop on the map forever. This music also created a high watermark for how good things used to be. The band, The Presidents of the United States of America is…

Listening to the selections I found they all generally appeal to me though others have more of an immediate preference than others. A genuine love for music creates an appreciation for all genres. One can respect or acknowledge the environment from which it was produced, its purpose, and the skill of the musician(s). I particularly became fond of The Andrew Sisters after experiencing the song “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. I recall hearing it from a television commercial vaguely, but it was a…

A Woman of Power: Tyra Banks Anuraj Gill 213107628 Rosa Parks, Daisy Bates, and Oprah Winfrey are remarkable names whose lives inspire greatness to the world. Like these women, Tyra Banks exemplifies strength, ambition, dedication, wisdom, and a never giving up spirit along with feminine charm. Tyra Banks has made her name famous worldwide as a model, actress, singer, author, television host/personality, and producer. Tyra Lynne Banks known as Tyra Banks; was born on December 4th, 1973, in…

A Kid Of The ‘90s. #1 the list; “In West Philadelphia Born And Raised”. If you can’t finish the next verse or at least tell me what show this is from you are not a “ ‘90s kid!” I will save you from the suspense, “Alex Trebeck, what is The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air?”. Actually, 9 of the 25 items on the list are television shows. 9 different shows that I watched for entertainment are on the most accessible form of entertainment during my childhood, television. By default, the television was always…

wall. The fourth wall is the wall that separates us the audience from the story happening in the book, movie, television show and on stage production. Some popular productions that break the fourth wall are Doctor Who, Saturday Night Live, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Pokemon, Malcolm in the Middle and Twilight Zone. Writers do this to bring the audience into the show, to help make them more involved into the story. But more importantly than shows that break the fourth wall, Our Town. Our Town…

Angela Conner Class 78537 Professor C. Robinson 10 October 2015 Essay 1 Dr. Renford Reese, did and article back in the summer of 2000 on popular culture review. The title of the article “From the Fringe: The Hip Hop Culture and Ethnic Relations”. Reading this article I felt very enlightened, because I knew about Hip Hop music but not the background of Hip Hop music. The quote that enlightened me was, According to Geneva Smitherman, the foundation of rap music is rooted in “Black oral…