The Notorious B.I.G.

Informational Essay Ruth Bader Ginsburg or aka R.B.G. is notorious for her great accomplishments. You probably don’t know what she did or the achievements she have made. Ruth Ginsburg has made notable feats in gender equality, that are no small deeds, especially when you’re a mother in college, facing a sexist society, while still managing to insert females into a unfamiliar field. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg grew up in a low-income family in Brooklyn, New York. Her childhood wasn’t facile…

Why Music Should Not be Censored By living in America, you are given rights that protect your individuality. The first amendment protects an individual right to state their opinion without any problems. The three types of freedom of speech are pure speech, speech- plus, and symbolic speech. Music is considered pure speech which is strongly protected by the government. So if this is true, why is an artist's music censored? The art written by a musician should not be censored. Starting as…

One way hip hop evolved is the diversity of the styles. At the beginning hip hop in the 1970’s was mostly composed of DJs that mix songs and samples together to make a new music. DJs such as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Caz and Afrika Bambaataa, were big artist during the 1970’s era. “ They began to develop in the South Bronx area of New york city focusing on emceeing and breakbeats (A sample of a syncopated drum beat, that is repeated to form a rhythm)...DJ Kool Herc Known as…

The Golden age of Hip Hop began on August 11,1973 and was generally the first in New York South Bronx. It started in a party where Dj Kool Herc used his turntables and got the people to party. Dj Kool Herc knew that to have a party going the mic was important because thats what got the people pumped. So young African Americans started to rap. SInce that day ,it was embraced by young African American men who invented new music using turntables to epress themselves and express their culture. It…

Many regard hip hop as offensive noise but many of the music’s elements have roots deep in American history and helped shape the country as we know it today. It’s earliest roots date back to the rhythmic music of tribal Africa. Much of the music consisted of drum beats and rhythmic chanting accompanied by melodic vocals and other minor instruments, such as, shakers, string instruments, and flutes. Today’s rap music is also centralized around heavy beats and the same rhythmic chanting, which we…

Hip Hop is one of the most entertaining type of music. Do you agree? I find Hip Hop to be the most appealing type of music to me. The genre has so many lanes and so many paths so it rarely sounds the same. One of the lanes of the Hip Hop genre is mumble rapping. Some of the artists in this lane go by the names of Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, and Young Thug. I do not agree that Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert are mumble rappers because I can understand them, but the rest of the world…

of record producers which lead to numerous rap acts, including Run-DMC and N.W.A. and the audience of rap emerged. In the 1990s rap transitioned to a new school style with more complex lyrics. The popular artists during this time included The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac. Rap music has increasingly gained popularity, according to Forbes, Hip-hop and rap are the most dominant genre for Americans in 2017. 3. The instruments used to produce rap are samplers, drum machines…

putting the gun on him. The victim was said to receive the biggest settlement in the city’s history for police misconduct which amounted to $15 million. Perez was also linked in the death of Christopher Wallace who is more famously known as rapper Notorious B.I.G. Wallace was shot and killed in 1997. His family filed a suit against Perez, his partner, and the LAPD. Perez denied his involvement in the case and until now, Wallace’s death continue to be a mystery. According to author Aaron Baker,…

My historical black figure would be Kanye West, also known as $/Ye. Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977, some fun facts about Kanye is that he grew up on the south side of Chicago, and when he was just 10 years old he lived in China for a year. Currently Kanye West is a successful American rapper, songwriter/producer, and fashion designer. Kanye West has had a massive impact on the music industry. One way Kanye has changed the music industry is that he changed the culture of rap by breaking the…

The connection between the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur’s is something that the class knew nothing about. Most in the class had listened to their music before, but none had any knowledge about their killings. Alex chose this as his subject for his last speech. He felt it was important because their murders remain unsolved and the two deserve closure for their families. Alex began the speech with lyrics from 2Pac’s song “How Long Will They Mourn Me” to introduce the subject of the murders.…