Luke Davis Topic: Music Piracy General purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To blow minds with the information about piracy of music. Thesis: Piracy of free music may be convenient and simple‚ but it’s illegal‚ it takes money away from the artist and the economy. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: One credible study by the Institute for Policy Innovation states the annual harm done by piracy is at 12.5 billion dollars in losses to the U.S. economy well as more
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Tupac Shakur: A Hip-Hop Inspiration Music is a cultural journal that expresses the realities and emotions of life in a poetic way. For the African American culture‚ music has always been a statement for many controversial topics such as racism‚ religion‚ politics‚ education‚ crime‚ and violence. In the 1990’s‚ Hip-Hop became the newest cultural and artistic voice for the African American population. Genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ rock-n-roll‚ and gospel that once dominated the musical culture
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Tattoos and tattooing are taking on an increasingly larger‚ more visible role in today’s mainstream pop culture. Now you see all kinds of tattooed celebrities‚ rock stars‚ movie stars‚ sports stars and even the elite super models proudly displaying their body art. Tattoos have been a part of people’s lives for many years now. To most people living in South Africa‚ tattoos are a normal thing‚ however there are many people with opposing opinions. It’s impossible to walk through a mall for more than
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If I Was A Millionaire “If I had a million dollars‚ if I had a million dollars…I would-” ever heard of that song? If not you should probably search it up on YouTube. So I’m going to explain what I would do if I had a million dollars‚ will you at some point? This is another perfect opportunity to decide whether I’m smart‚ or a really big idiot. Well first I would buy about 10 thousand lotto 649 tickets to get myself some more. Usually‚ from what I’ve seen‚ the jackpot
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The Matrix is full of special effects and plenty of shooting and explosions‚ but the problem is the fact that all these effects are causing children and the watching viewers to become accustomed to different types of violence which causes people to imitate what they are watching in the film turning everyone into killers or aggressive human beings. And the problem is not so much the effects of this movie only‚ a lot of other media sources also take blame into this violence problem we sometimes run
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While growing up there have been a countless number of incidents where I have been exposed to images or messages of violence and war. The ways that this exposure has occurred‚ and still occurs‚ is through the many outlets that our society is able to reach the population. The main sources where I‚ and many others‚ am subjected to this violence ranges from video games and television violence to the actions of those around us and the ways that our media reports past/present events. Literature and music
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The key aspect that will be discussed within this essay is racism‚ explained and illustrated with reference to my three films of choice. Firstly‚ representation of ‘the other’ is portrayed in 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen. 2013)‚ followed by an exploration of the lives of black women in a white male dominated society as shown by Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi. 2016)‚ and finally the personal experiences of a young‚ homosexual black male in Moonlight (Barry Jenkins. 2017). I have chosen these three
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Popular culture expresses the personality within the individual. We as people observe the actions of the environment around us through television‚ social media‚ and the behaviors of celebrities. A huge proponent within pop culture is the influence of music. I believe music influences our actions and how we see the society around us. Everyone has different taste in music and individuals are categorized to a general population that has people of the same interest. The more popular a song is‚ it will
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"You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy (Eminem)‚ the best golfer is a black guy (Tiger Woods)‚ the tallest basketball player is Chinese (Yao Ming‚ 7’6") and Germany doesn’t want to go to war (in Iraq)". Charles Barkley stated in a 2003 interview‚ pointing out various misconceptions with stereotypes. A stereotype is defined by dictionary.com as: "something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially: an often oversimplified or biased mental picture held to characterize
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“Hip Hop has always been bragging’ and boasting and i’m better at this than you and i’m better at that than you”(Eminem). Hip Hop will forever be a competitive activity. Hip Hop is the streets. Hip Hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your likelihood and its not compromised. Its blunt. Its raw‚ straight off the street from the beat to the voice to the words. Although hip hop may seem to encourage adolescents
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