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    rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping; a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. Hip hop has changed in ways making people believe that it is dead and needs resurrection. From young groups like NWA and solo artists like Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G to Young Money and J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. The evolution in hip hop such as topics, tones, and the desire for money and materialism have changed due to time. From discussing the problems in the hood and eye witnessing things to…

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    In the 1970’s, in the suburbs of New York, people began experimenting with a new form of music. At block parties, DJ’s would loop the catchiest parts of the latest disco and funk songs, and MC’s began talking over the music, matching their words to the beat. Popular hits like “Rapper’s Delight” using this style of music soon hit the top charts, and before long, that unique style, rap, had hit the mainstream. Born in America’s tumulous cities, rap was, and always has been, a form of escape from…

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    Tupac Shakur's Life

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    ever lived. He sang about his life struggles, passion and pains, and his “Thug Life”, and represented the “West Side”. Tupac had many rivalries with rappers, producers, and record label companies. Most notably with Biggie Smalls (a.k.a “The Notorious B.I.G”) and “Bad Boy Records”. Unfortunately, the honoured and superior rap god, Tupac Shakur, was fatally shot during a drive by shooting in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996. By 2007, Tupac has sold over 75 million of his albums…

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    Positive Influence On Rap

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    others dealing with the same struggles. Not all successful rappers want to flash their money around and buy expensive things just because they have the money, but to make an effort to help change the world. As Derek Luke explains, in the movie Notorious B.I.G, “We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves”. It means that be righteous and bettering yourself would help to change the world because everything starts with you. because everything starts with…

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    Evolution Of Hip Hop

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    the controversy appeared and began influencing the youth, one must delve into the history and evolution of the hip-hop’s tyrannical founding fathers. During the 1990’s Hip-hop artist such as Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G began to romanticizing the gang lifestyle. In the song Notorious Thugs the lyrics “Spit your game, talk your shit, grab your gat, call your clicks” is a prime…

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    50 Cent Case Study

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    Rapper/actor 50 Cent is ordered to pay $5 million in sex-tape invasion-of-privacy lawsuit filed by Lastonia Leviston. Fox 411, July 12, 215 reported 50 Cent put a sex-tape online of and her boyfriend without permission. He added himself as the commentator. However, the $5 million fine may not be all for 50 Cent. The jurors are deliberating next week on further charges. He may be slapped with punitive damages. Apparently, 50 Cent used a 13-minute in 2009 that he received from Lastonia’s…

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    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…

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    Lil Yachty Research Paper

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    Lil Yachty, a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, began feeling as if he could be more than just the average rapper and quickly changed the habits he possessed. One night, he had a dream about being visited by a God, who wanted to take him to Rapper Hell, to see what will happen to him if he continues on the path that he is on. God tells him, “I will be sending someone that will guide you through Rapper Hell”. Lil Yachty wakes up to the face of Tupac Shakur a famous rapper in front of him. Lil Yachty…

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    Rap in the 90's is often described as the "Golden Age" of the genre. Rap was in it's prime in the 90's thus earning the term. Popular 90's rappers like Nas, Dr. Dre, and Biggie Smalls permanently left their mark on rap. Although, in many people's eyes Tupac Shakur, or better known as 2Pac, takes the cake for the most influential rapper in the 90's. Tupac was arguably one of the most influential Rap artists in history. Tupac was born on June 16, 1971 in New York City. He was no…

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    Tupac Shakur, a rapper known around the world, businessman, and an idol to many. Throughout his years of life, he accomplished many things. He grew up in the hood/slums of Harlem New York. There are many opinions, and ideas behind the mysterious death of Tupac. This conspiracy has been debated about for years since his the day of his death. Many believe that Tupac's death was real, but many believe that Tupac's death was a hoax, or that it was set up. There are many opinions on this, I believe…

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