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My hero is Kendrick Lamar who is a rap artist. Kendrick Lamar first hit it big in 2010 after the release of the album “Overly Dedicated”. In the following year he released the album “Section.80”. By that time he had a lot of Internet followers and he used that platform to get his message across about how he feels about the world. He also made music with several famous artists in hip-hop including Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg. Kendrick Lamar made one of his biggest chart topping albums in 2012…

as his stage name Jay Z is one of the most successful music artist and business man today. Born on December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, Jay Z wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth nor did he have a trust fund for him. He lived with his mother in the Marcy housing complex. Marcy is a drug infested housing complex. Jay Z escape from his bad environment was through music. When Jay Z got older his name stage name started to create some buzz within the city. Today Jay Z is a world known…

In the articles “Are Millennials the Screwed Generation?” by Joel Kotkin and “I’m a Millennial and My Generation Sucks” by Johnny Oleksinski, the topic of the millennial generations circumstances in today’s world is addressed. This is a worthy topic to discuss because most college students are millennials, and in the near future millennial will control the country. Although Kotkin and Oleksinski have contradicting ideas of the millennial generations the share some the same views. In the article…

Kanye West came from humble beginnings, born in Atlanta Georgia but later moved to Chicago where his music career would begin. Ever since he was a young boy Kanye showed an interest in the performing arts. When he was thirteen he would convince his moms to pay for 25 dollars an hour studio time, even though she wasn't empty on board with what he was doing neither the less she supported him. She would later be even more disappointed when he choose to drop out of college to pursue a music career,…

Jay-z grew up in Brooklyn's drug-infested Marcy Projects. During a rough childhood detailed in many of his life songs. Jay-z dealt cocaine and messing with gun violence. So he used his music to escape all the drugs and violence. As Jay-Z later he said in one of his songs "I went to school, got good grades, could behave when I wanted But I had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted." He went to many schools such as George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in…

Hip hop artist Kanye West has come to be well-known not only for his music, but also for his outspoken nature. Throughout his rap career, Kanye has made headlines for saying and doing outrageous things that caused a lot of people to give him a profane, but celebrated nickname. In fact, in 2010, Kanye West wrote the song “Runaway,” in honor of his “asshole” title. But even though he has grown to embrace the name, he always finds creative ways to defend his actions. Here are Kanye West’s top five…

In their article in the New York Times, Todd Buchholz and Victoria Buchholz argue that Americans are somehow failing as a group. The so-called "Generation Y" is becoming complacent, not working toward making their lives (and the country) better off. The article is certainly intended to capture its audience's attention, with the title "The Go-Nowhere Generation. In it, they use hard data from the Pew Research Center and studies conducted at universities, among others. More interestingly, perhaps,…

The millennial generation is as the most selfish generation American has experienced. Millennials crave for what they want now. They crave to have the latest gadget, the latest relation, the latest news, and the latest trends. Millennials are very naive and very liberal. I am a millennial. I belong to this generation. However, not everything I just mentioned defines who I am. I am not easily persuaded by the latest trend. I am perfectly content with the previous trends. I am very slow to change…

Which characteristics best define my generation? Do they spend wildly, or are they proficient savers? Do they possess a sense of optimism about the future, or a sense of dread for what is to come? These questions, while relevant to the discussion at hand, are nonetheless unnecesary. There is only one thing we need to know: We are the triggered generation. At a time when our nation is so polarized and angry, any naive fool would conjecture that the young generation would work to bridge the…

people have already came to the conclusion that Kanye West is some narcissist dude who only cares about the man in the mirror. At the age of 20 Kanye was a known for being a producer at Roc-A-Fella records creating hit songs for musical artist like Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. After being made fun of for wanting to make music, Kanye soon dropped his first two albums College Dropout and Late Registration. With these two Album Releases Kanye was still the underdog of hip-hop and was still the joke of…